Mental Health and Well-being Interventions in Sport: Research, Theory and Practice

Mental Health and Well-being Interventions in Sport: Research, Theory and Practice
ISBN-10
1351375709
ISBN-13
9781351375702
Category
Psychology
Pages
154
Language
English
Published
2019-01-14
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Gavin Breslin, Gerard Leavey

Description

Mental health within elite sport has traditionally been ignored, but recent research has shown that competitive sport can at times seriously undermine mental health and that athletes are exposed to specific stressors that hinder their mental health optimisation. Mental Health and Well-being Interventions in Sport provides an indispensable guide for researchers and practitioners wanting to understand and implement sport-based intervention processes. This important book adopts an evidenced based approach, discussing the context of the intervention, its design and implementation, and its evaluation and legacy. With cases on depression, eating disorders, and athletic burnout, the book is designed to provide practitioners, policy makers and researchers with a cutting-edge overview of the key issues involved in this burgeoning area, while also including cases on how sport itself has been used as a method to improve mental health. Written for newcomers and established practitioners alike, the text is an essential read for researchers and practitioners in better understanding the sport setting-based intervention processes through presenting current research, theory and practice, applicable in a variety of sports settings and contexts.

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