USA Today (2/2, Peter) reports, “About half of the U.S. Olympians and U.S. Paralympians set to compete at the Milano Cortina Games will not be at their best mentally, according to Jonathan Finnoff, chief medical officer of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC).” To support these athletes, Finnoff “said the USOPC has built ‘an incredibly robust program.’ He noted the hiring of 16 dually certified mental health and mental performance [professionals], virtual consultation services with more than 500 psychological services professionals and several ways to assess athletes for mental health needs.” The increased emphasis comes after the “Borders Commission, created by the USOPC in 2018, concluded in a 2019 report that mental health care can and must be expanded.” The USOPC “said that between the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the Paris Olympics in 2024, it increased the number of licensed psychologists on its staff to 15 from six.
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— “How Team USA has evolved mental health services for Olympians,”Josh Peter, USA TODAY, February 2, 2026