Routledge Handbook of Mental Health in Elite Sport [Paperback]

This book delivers an understanding and overview for this field offering students, researchers, mental health professionals, applied sport psychologists and coaches a state of the art and insightful summary of science in the newly emerged field of Clinical Sport Psychology and Mental Health in athletes.

SECTION A Mental Health

Introduction to the Section

Tadhg MacIntyre

1 Mental Health in Athletes

Insa Nixdorf, Raphael Nixdorf, and Tadhg MacIntyre

2 Thriving in Elite Athletes

Lauren K. McHenry and Rebecca A. Zakrajsek

3 Meaning and Meaninglessness in Elite Sport

J?rgen Beckmann

4 Resilience and Mental Health in Competitive Sport: A Narrative Review of the Literature

Christopher Bryan, Jolan Kegelaers, and Mustafa Sarkar

5 The Social Network and the Coach

J.D. DeFreese and Christine M. Habeeb

SECTION B Mental Illness

Introduction to the Section

Scott B. Martin

6 Depression in Elite Athletes

Insa Nixdorf and Raphael Nixdorf

7 Recognition, Prevention, and Treatment of Disordered Eating and Body Dissatisfaction in Athletes

Cami A. Barnes, Keely N. Hayden, and Scott B. Martin

8 Addiction (Drugs and Gambling) Disorders in Athletes

Claudia L. Reardon and Ryan Benoy

9 The Role of Executive Functions in Elite Athletes Mental Health

Robert S. Vaughan, Jack Brimmell, and Bjoern Krenn

10 Personality Disorders in Elite Athletes

Christopher M. Bader and LaTisha L. Bader

11 Anxiety Disorders Among Elite Athletes

Courtney C.Walton, Simon Rice, Lisa Olive, Claudil#