1st Edition
Routledge Handbook of Mental Health in Elite Sport
Mental health is a rapidly increasing topic in the field of sport psychology. As the relevance of athletes’ mental health has come to prominence through emerging research, there is a high demand for evidence-based practice in order to promote athletes' mental health and prevent mental disorders as well as maladaptive syndromes. However, there is currently no comprehensive overview available that highlights the empirical evidence for the constructs of mental health, illustrating the latest developments in research, or that highlights implications for future science and practice.
The Routledge Handbook of Mental Health in Elite Sport delivers such 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.
This thorough volume covers major current and emerging topics on mental health and mental illness (e.g., depression), subclinical syndromes (e.g., burnout), as well as a comprehensive overview of research on prevention (e.g., green exercise) and treatment of mental health disorders in athletes and will be a vital resource for researchers, academics, and students in the fields of sport psychology, clinical psychology, sport coaching, sport sciences, health psychology, and physical activity and related disciplines.
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
Jürgen 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, Claudia L. Reardon, and Rosemary Purcell
SECTION C Subclinical and Related Challenges
Introduction to the Section
Insa Nixdorf and Raphael Nixdorf
12 Reducing Burnout in Athletes
Daniel J. Madigan, Henrik Gustafsson, and Luke F. Olsson
13 Depression, Athlete Burnout, and Overtraining: A Review of Similarities and Differences
Raphael Nixdorf, Daniel J. Madigan, Göran Kenttä, and Peter Hassmén
14 Concussion, in Athletes
Jingzhen Yang, Robyn Recker, and Lindsay Sullivan
15 Fear and Anxiety in Elite Sport
Felix Ehrlenspiel, V. Vanessa Wergin, and Jürgen Beckmann
16 Stress in Elite Sport
Jennifer A. Hobson, Martin J. Turner, and Marc V. Jones
17 Stigmatisation of Mental Illness and Seeking Sport Psychology Services
Rebecca A. Zakrajsek, Scott B. Martin, Shane R. Thomson, and Amelia Gulliver
18 Career Transitions in Sport
Robert Morris, Pete Coffee, Hee Jung Hong, Chris Hartley, and Nina Verma
19 Doping and Drug Misuse in Elite Sport
Claudia L. Reardon and Ryan Benoy
SECTION D Application and Care
Introduction to the Section
Jürgen Beckmann
20 Professional Considerations for the Clinician
Jack C. Watson II, Matthew Gonzalez, Brandonn Harris, and Valerie Wayda
21 Psychotherapeutic Applications in Elite Sport: Promoting Mental Health Among Athletes
Mark A. Stillman, Hudson Farmer, and Ira D. Glick
22 Recovery as the Centrepiece for Mental Health Promotion in Elite Athletes
Jahan Heidari and Michael Kellmann
23 Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
Rebecca A. Zakrajsek, Alexander G. Bianco, Taylor B. Casey, Keely N. Hayden, and Scott B. Martin
24 Nature-Based Interventions in Elite Sport
Tadhg MacIntyre, Carina Nigg, Cassandra Murphy, and Violetta Oblinger-Peters
25 Young Athletes’ Mental Health and Well-Being
Rosemary Purcell, Courtney Campbell Walton, Alan Currie, and Simon Rice
Biography
Insa Nixdorf is a professor of psychology at the International University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
Raphael Nixdorf is a professor of health psychology at the International University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
Jürgen Beckmann is a professor, Emeritus of Excellence, at Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany; Honorary professor, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia; and Adjunct Professor Dept. of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
Scott B. Martin is a professor of performance psychology and Director of the Psychosocial Aspects of Sport and Exercise program at the University of North Texas, USA.
Tadhg MacIntyre is an assistant professor at the Department of Psychology, Maynooth University, Ireland.
