The burden of sports how and why athletes struggle with mental health
"In The Burden of Sports, John Weston Parry examines the mental health and emotional well-being of elite American athletes generally, as well as in relation to spectator sports propaganda, the legal system, politics, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This book covers mental health conditions...
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I: Three underlying factors that jeopardize athletes' health and mental health: an overview
- A single-minded pursuit of spectator sports rewards
- The American legal system unreasonably and unfairly favors spectator sports organizations and enterprises
- Sportswashing as part of an expanding spectator sports propaganda arsenal
- Part II: Athletes' spectator sports mental health concerns
- Mental conditions that athletes, like everyone else, may experience
- Sports-related "yips," stress, anxiety, and depression
- Evolving COVID risks: known, suspected, and unknown
- CTE, other brain damage, and related erratic behaviors
- Substance abuse and dependency
- Part III: Mental health and emotional well-being challenges of marginalized athletes
- Female athletes
- LGB athletes and sports homophobia
- Intersex and trans athletes: "not female enough"
- Conclusion.
