Sport, mental illness, and sociology /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Atkinson, Michael, 1971- (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
• Σειρά: Research in the sociology of sport ; v. 11.
• Θέματα: Sports > Psychological aspects.; Sports > Sociological aspects.; Mental illness.; Social Science > Sociology > General.; Sociology & anthropology.

At a time when the public discussion of mental illness in society is reaching a highpoint, athletes and other sports insiders remain curiously silent about their private battles with a range of mental illnesses. While a series of professional athletes have exposed the deep, dark secret related to th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Prelims
• Introduction: mental illness in sport: sociological legacies, absences, and controversies
• Mental illness stigma
• Total pain
• Mental illness and identity intersections: an examination of the complex relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder, physical activity, and women's embodiment
• Researching trauma in the context of sport
• Depression and suicide in professional sports work
• Disordered eating in sport: legitimized and stigmatized
• Drugs, alcohol, and addiction in sport
• Invisible disabilities
• Mass mediation of mental illness in sport
• Football, healing, and mental health recovery
• In it for the long run : researching mental health and illness
• Index.