Editorial: Swiss Society for Sports Psychiatry and ­Psychotherapy SSSPP

Abstract

The Swiss Society for Sports Psychiatry and Psychotherapy SSSPP was founded on the grounds of the Private Clinic Wyss in Muenchenbuchsee in the canton of Bern on March 29, 2019. Worldwide, it is the second sports psychiatry and psychotherapy society to be founded after the International Society of Sports Psychiatry ISSP and the first national institution of this sort. The SSSPP aims to implement methods of sports psychiatry and psychotherapy throughout the course of a lifetime within the Swiss population and in competitive sports. This is reflected in the two main task assignments of the SSSPP: mental health in competitive sports and physical activity in the prevention and therapy of mental health diseases.