The Psychological Response to Injury and Illness

Putukian, Margot

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“…Key stressors appear to include those linked to career transitions such as sport injury and retirement from sport (Gouttebarge et al, 2019). Sport injury can lead to several mental health symptoms such as depression and anxiety (Putukian, 2020). Additionally, the existence of mental health symptoms can increase the risk of injury .…”

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“…[ INSERT FIGURE 11.1 AROUND HERE] Figure 11.1 Sample mental health risk factors (Gouttebarge et al, 2019;Henriksen et al, 2020;Howells & Lucassen, 2018;Jeckell et al, 2020;Kuettel & Larsen, 2019;Moesch et al, 2018;Poucher et al, 2019;Putukian, 2020;Rao, 2020;Rice et al, 2019;Rice et al, 2016;Sarac et al, 2018;Schinke et al, 2018;Souter et al, 2018;Van Slingerland et al, 2019) Box 11.1 shows a case study of an athlete who has reflected on how sport added to her mental health difficulties. A sport injury, lack of support and a culture of not wanting to show weakness all appear to have contributed to her symptoms.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Mental health risk factors (Gouttebarge et al, 2019;Henriksen et al, 2020;Howells & Lucassen, 2018;Jeckell et al, 2020;Kuettel & Larsen, 2019;Moesch et al, 2018;Poucher et al, 2019;Putukian, 2020;Rao, 2020;Rice et al, 2019;Rice et al, 2016;Sarac et al, 2018;Schinke et al, 2018;Souter et al, 2018;Van Slingerland et al, 2019) Risk Factors…”

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Understanding Mental Health and Wellbeing in Sport

Heaney¹

2021

Athletic Development

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According to the World Health Organisation (2018) mental health can be defined as "a state of wellbeing in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his or her community". This definition acknowledges that mental health is more than the absence of mental disorders (Galderisi et al., 2015) and shows that sport can potentially create situations that challenge mental health where, for example, the athlete is unable to cope with the stresses of training and competition. As the quote from Kelly Holmes demonstrates athletes, like all members of society, can be affected by mental health difficulties. Mental health is perhaps best conceptualised as a continuum ranging from negative (ill health) to positive (good health/mental wealth; Kuettel & Larsen, 2019), where both clinically diagnosed mental health disorders and sub-clinical symptoms can have an impact on an individual's quality of life. Indeed, research has explored both clinical and sub-clinical symptoms in athletes and consequently throughout this chapter the term mental health difficulties is used to describe both clinically diagnosed mental health conditions and sub-clinical symptoms. The chapter explores the mental health of athletes by examining the prevalence of mental health difficulties in athletes, the mental health difficulties that can affect athletes, why athletes might be vulnerable to these, how they can be prevented or treated, and how positive mental health and wellbeing can be promoted in sporting environments. This will be further explored in Chapters 12-14 which investigate resilience, thriving, and athlete welfare which are all closely allied to mental health.

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confidence: 99%