Clinical sports psychiatry : an international perspective /
This book has it all - written by national and international experts and edited by world authorities, it is the first comprehensive book on sports psychiatry in over a decade. The chapter authors are experts in the field and global leaders in the related professional organizations, including current...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex :
John Wiley & Sons,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book has it all - written by national and international experts and edited by world authorities, it is the first comprehensive book on sports psychiatry in over a decade. The chapter authors are experts in the field and global leaders in the related professional organizations, including current and past Presidents/Chairs of the International Society for Sports Psychiatry and the World Psychiatric Association Section on Exercise, Psychiatry, and Sports. Several have served as consultants to Olympic teams and together they represent an unprecedented degree of global expertise gathered in one book. This text covers the most important topics in contemporary sports psychiatry, taking an international approach. Dealing with psychiatric symptoms and disorders in athletes, it differs markedly from sports psychology books that focus solely on performance enhancement from a non-medical perspective. Eating disorders, exercise addiction, drug abuse, and more are all problems that are seen in 'everyday' athletes, not just elite performers. This book provides the knowledge to be able to help athletes at any level. Specifically, this book will cover four main categories of topics: 1) mental health challenges faced by athletes (including substance use disorders, doping, exercise addiction, eating disorders, personality disorders, depression, suicide, concussion, and posttraumatic stress disorder); 2) treatment approaches and therapeutic issues with athletes (including different types of psychotherapy for psychiatric disorders and use of psychiatric medications by athletes); 3) psychosocial issues affecting athletes (including sexual harassment and abuse, cultural issues, and ethical issues); 4) the field of sports psychiatry (including work within one common sports psychiatry practice setting, and the current status of and challenges in sports psychiatry). There is a growing need for this book, especially with doping scandals, tragic consequences of concussions, and athlete suicides emerging as worldwide concerns. This is the only comprehensive reference available for those interested in the field. Chapters are filled with case studies to demonstrate how mental health issues play out in real-life clinical and athletic arenas. Book jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 225 pages : : illustrations.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118404904 (electronic bk.) 1118404904 (electronic bk.) |