Contemporary research has shown that elite athletes report symptoms of mental illness and other forms of mental ill-health at rates comparable to, if not exceeding, those of the general population.1 Despite this, athletes report being less likely to seek help for their mental health than the general population.2 This reluctance is likely influenced by a confluence of factors such as stigma, low mental health literacy, confidentiality concerns and a perception that mental health professionals may not understand the inherent demands, risk and protective factors associated with elite sport.2 Importantly, there is significant heterogeneity among elite athletes. Mental health risks and protective factors can vary widely across types of sport, competition levels, part-time versus full-time professionalism, para versus non-para sports and individual versus team-based contexts. The growing recognition that neurodivergence may be particularly common among elite athletes adds further complexity, with emerging lived experience insights…