2 Mental health
3 Environment
4 Transitions
5 Youth athletes
6 Foreign athletes
7 Female athletes
8 Conclusion
Biography
Richard Elliott is Associate Dean for Sports Business and Management at University Campus of Football Business (UCFB). He has spent more than twenty years researching the lived experiences of elite athletes and the environments in which they work. An advocate for mental health literacy, he has developed a number of successful education programmes designed to support the mental and emotional well‑being of elite athletes.
"In Mental Health and Sports, Elliott (University Campus of Football Business, England) explores how professionals can support the mental health of athletes. The text examines how situation-specific information (e.g., environmental factors) and transitional periods can impact athletes' mental health throughout their lifespan. While the text is interesting, it is best used as a supplement to other resources already in print (both book and academic paper resources), as the text is rather concise. One strength of this volume is its focus on elite athletes specifically, but this information could have been further strengthened through collaborations with the numerous mental health professionals who work in the Olympic and Paralympic space."
--C. Hauff, University of South Alabama
