Mental health of athletes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Selby, Christine L. B. (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
Edition:	1st edition.
Series:	Health and medical issues today.
Subjects:	Sports > Psychological aspects. Exercise > Psychological aspects. Athletes > Mental health. Sports psychology. Sports injuries & medicine. Coping with personal problems. Sociology: sport & leisure. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Preface
Part I. Overview. Benefits of sport on mental wellbeing; Describing mental health & common mental health challenges in athletes; Biopsychosocial factors affecting mental health in athletes; Determining whether an athlete has a mental health challenge; Unique issues related to age or competition level; Historically disenfranchised athlete groups
Part II. Issues and controversies. Athlete risk of death by suicide; Personal, interpersonal, and intergenerational trauma; eSports and mental health; Covid-19 and athlete mental health; Concussion; Name, image and likeness (NIL)
Part III. Scenarios. Case 1 : Malik has a career-ending injury; Case 2 : Chris is bullied for being non-binary; Case 3 : Brenda's coach triggers her trauma; Case 4 : Samantha has an eating disorder; Case 5 : Lamar is struggling to fit in and builds his confidence through sport.