Overview
- Written by leading experts in sports mental health
- Comprehensively reviews mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes
- Functionsn as an excellent resource for non-medical sports professionals looking to understand this topic
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The book first addresses the essential topics necessary for an authoritative resource on mental health, such as general mental health disorder symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment. Subsequent chapters then dive into the very specific issues affecting elite athletes, including the adverse effects of overtraining, sports-related concussions, behavioral addictions, and psychological responses to injury and illness. Closing chapters then analyze mental health disorders and issues specific to diverse demographics such as youth athletes, Paralympic athletes, and athletes of various ethnic and religious backgrounds.
Timely and essential, Mental Health Care for Elite Athletes is an invaluable reference for a variety of healthcare professionals who work with elite athletes and interested non-medical members of the athlete entourage, such as coaches and family.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mental Health Care for Elite Athletes
Editors: Claudia L. Reardon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08364-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-08363-1Published: 06 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-08366-2Published: 07 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-08364-8Published: 05 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 226
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology