Everyone should read this article. It isabout Hilary Grivich's diaries. Hilary was a competitive gymnast and diver who died in a horrible car accident in 1997. It does not deal with skating directly, but the pressures faced by the young athletes in gymnastics and figure skating are similar.
http://www.chron.com/content/story.html/sports/lopez/293733?R243896484You have to fill out some basic info, but it is worth it. It is painful to read, a real tear-jerker, but it sheds a lot of light on the pressures. Hilary's mom is supposedly going to release a book based on Hilary's diaries.