Brazilian endurance athletes in a small survey reported unmet mental health needs and conditional openness to psychedelic therapy, provided it is legal and supervised.
Key findings: 64 percent noted a lack of mental health support in their sport environment; 11 percent had prior psychedelic experience; 79 percent said they would be open to supervised, legal psychedelic therapies. Many had knowledge gaps, with 61 percent unaware of existing research, and misconceptions were common, including 78 percent believing psychedelics are addictive.
Women more frequently reported pharmacological treatment for depression or anxiety. Overall, attitudes were cautiously positive, but understanding of mechanisms, risks, and potential therapeutic contexts was limited.
These results come from a cross-sectional questionnaire with only 28 participants, so they are not generalizable and do not address clinical efficacy or causality; see the study on PubMed for details. Hope this helps.