Sport, Mental Illness and Sociology
Author:   Michael Atkinson (University of Toronto, Canada)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume:   11
ISBN:  

9781787434707


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   14 December 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Michael Atkinson (University of Toronto, Canada)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.425kg
ISBN:  

9781787434707


ISBN 10:   1787434702
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   14 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction: Mental Illness in Sport: Sociological Legacies, Absences and Controversies; Michael Atkinson 1. Mental Illness Stigma; Elizabeth Pike 2. Total Pain; Kristina Smith 3. Mental Illness and Identity Intersections; Julie Maier and Shannon Jette 4. Athlete Anxiety and Trauma; Melissa Day 5. Depression and Suicide; Andrew Smith 6. Disordered Eating; Anthony Papathomas 7. Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction; Catherine Palmer 8. Hidden Mental Illnesses; Michael Atkinson 9. Media Representations of Mental Illness; Kass Gibson and Paul Gorczynski 10. Healing and Emotional Recovery; Ruth Jeanes, Ramon Spaaij and Jonathan Magee 11. Studying Mental Illness; David Carless and Kristina Douglas

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Sociologists, social psychologists, and cultural psychologists collate and showcase what their fields have produced to date regarding mental health issues in sport. Among their topics are mental illness stigma, researching trauma in the context of sport, depression and suicide in professional sports work, invisible disabilities, the mass mediation of mental illness in sport, and in it for the long run: researching mental health and illness.--Annotation (c)2019 (protoview.com)


Sociologists, social psychologists, and cultural psychologists collate and showcase what their fields have produced to date regarding mental health issues in sport. Among their topics are mental illness stigma, researching trauma in the context of sport, depression and suicide in professional sports work, invisible disabilities, the mass mediation of mental illness in sport, and in it for the long run: researching mental health and illness. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *


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Michael Atkinson is Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto, Canada. His research and teaching interests focus on the social experience of suffering and pain, the phenomenology of anxiety and depression, existentialism, and ethnographic research methods.

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