Sport, mental illness, and sociology

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...

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Other Authors Atkinson, Michael, 1971- (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
SeriesResearch in the sociology of sport ; v. 11.
Subjects
Sports > Psychological aspects.
Sports > Sociological aspects.
Mental illness.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781787434691
9781787439559
ISSN1476-2854 ;
DOI10.1108/S1476-2854201811
Physical Description1 online resource (ix, 195 pages) ; cm.

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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