Dr Kate Hall, who treated AFL players with drug and mental health issues in her previous life as a clinical psychologist, says the league is focused on “harm minimisation”.
The AFL’s influential head of mental health and wellbeing has explained the thinking behind the league’s contentious illicit drugs policy and why the game was committed to an approach of “harm minimisation” with its players.
She did not provide any data on the rates of drug use among footballers compared to the general population. “And absolutely we have a responsibility to the community to young people to understand drug related harms ... we need to be part of that social responsibility to the community.AFL Photos She said it was important to intervene early when a player had issues with mental health and especially substance use, as outcomes could otherwise become “dire”.
Hall has received some measure of private criticism from clubs – and especially from recruiting circles – in response to the no weights and skinfolds decisions. But she said the AFL had to be guided by expert advice, rather than following “footy culture” – the term this masthead used – in areas impacting players’ mental health.
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