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"Timely and important, this title has the potential to change the sports industry worldwide." - Library Journal, Starred Review
A comprehensive examination of the mental health challenges that elite athletes face in America's most popular sports.
Athletes that compete at a high levelâwhether in professional, college, or Olympic sportsâface numerous mental health challenges as they strive for perfection and ultimately victory in their sports. And while mental health awareness for athletes is better than it once was, efforts to hide the existence of these mental disorders and challenges remain well-ingrained.
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 that any elite athlete may encounter, from depression and anxiety to substance abuse and concussion-caused brain damage, to the special challenges of female, queer, transgender, and intersex athletes. Parry also highlights the personal stories of famous American athletes who struggled publicly with their mental health, including Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, Michael Sam, and Tiger Woods.
From individual and team pressures to win and attain sport perfection to the prejudice and ignorance of fans, management, and corporate sponsors about mental health, addressing the mental health of athletes and challenging the public perception of such struggles is long overdue. This is a timely and necessary book for readers who want to see sports change for the better in support of America's athletes.
A comprehensive examination of the mental health challenges that elite athletes face in America's most popular sports.
Athletes that compete at a high levelâwhether in professional, college, or Olympic sportsâface numerous mental health challenges as they strive for perfection and ultimately victory in their sports. And while mental health awareness for athletes is better than it once was, efforts to hide the existence of these mental disorders and challenges remain well-ingrained.
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 that any elite athlete may encounter, from depression and anxiety to substance abuse and concussion-caused brain damage, to the special challenges of female, queer, transgender, and intersex athletes. Parry also highlights the personal stories of famous American athletes who struggled publicly with their mental health, including Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, Michael Sam, and Tiger Woods.
From individual and team pressures to win and attain sport perfection to the prejudice and ignorance of fans, management, and corporate sponsors about mental health, addressing the mental health of athletes and challenging the public perception of such struggles is long overdue. This is a timely and necessary book for readers who want to see sports change for the better in support of America's athletes.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: Three Underlying Factors That Jeopardize Athletesâ Health and Mental Health: An Overview
- Chapter 1: A Single-Minded Pursuit of Spectator Sports Rewards
- Chapter 2 : The American Legal System Unreasonably and Unfairly Favors Spectator Sports Organizations and Enterprises
- Chapter 3 : Sportswashing as Part of an Expanding Spectator Sports Propaganda Arsenal
- Part II: Athletesâ Spectator Sports Mental Health Concerns
- Chapter 4 : Mental Conditions That Athletes, Like Everyone Else, May Experience
- Chapter 5: Sports-Related âYips,â Stress, Anxiety, and Depression
- Chapter 6: Evolving COVID Risks: Known, Suspected, and Unknown
- Chapter 7: CTE, Other Brain Damage, and Related Erratic Behaviors
- Chapter 8: Substance Abuse and Dependency
- Part III: Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Challenges of Marginalized Athletes
- Chapter 9: Female Athletes
- Chapter 10: LGB Athletes and Sports Homophobia
- Chapter 11: Intersex and Trans Athletes: âNot Female Enoughâ
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Author