Sport, mental illness, and sociology

• Other Authors: Atkinson, Michael, 1971- (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
• Series: Research in the sociology of sport ; v. 11.
• Subjects: Sports > Psychological aspects.; Sports > Sociological aspects.; Mental illness.; Social Science > Sociology > General.; Sociology & anthropology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781787434691 (e-book); 9781787439559 (ePUB)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 195 pages) ; cm.

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...