Sport, Mental Illness and Sociology.

Front Cover -- Sport, Mental Illness, and Sociology -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Introduction: Mental Illness in Sport: Sociological Legacies, Absences, and Controversies -- Time for a Confession -- Sociological Legacies: Remember the Nuts, Sluts, and Perverts -- The Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture: Emptiness and Promises -- References -- Chapter 1 Mental Illness Stigma -- Stigma: The Social Identity -- Mental Illness Stigma -- Mental Illness Stigma in Sport -- Personal Identity, Information Control, and Access to Mental Health Care -- Stigma Reduction -- Five Key Readings -- References -- Chapter 2 Total Pain -- Introduction -- Pain in Medicine -- Pain in Sport Psychology -- Pain in the Sociology of Sport -- Pain as a Badge of Honor -- Reflection of Identity -- Interconnection through Pain -- Total Pain -- Social Pain -- Physical Pain -- Spiritual Pain -- Psychological Pain -- A Reconstructed Methodology for the Study of Pain -- Conclusion -- Five Key Readings -- References -- Chapter 3 Mental Illness and Identity Intersections: An Examination of the Complex Relationship between Obsessive-compulsiv... -- Contextualizing Mental Illness and Physical Activity -- Next Steps -- Contextualizing the Research Approach -- Participants Narratives about the Role of Physical Activity -- Beliefs and Benefits: Moving Beyond the Public Health Messages -- Embodied Limitations -- Connecting Participants' Narratives to the Wider Context and Extant Literature -- Conclusion: Ways Forward -- Acknowledgments -- Five Key Readings -- References -- Chapter 4 Researching Trauma in the Context of Sport -- What Silences Trauma in Sport? -- Why Are Some Trauma Stories Valued above Others? -- How Can We Use Qualitative Methodologies to Allow the Athlete Voice to Emerge after Trauma? -- Final Conclusions -- Five Key Readings -- References.

Chapter 5 Depression and Suicide in Professional Sports Work -- Introduction -- Prevalence of Depression and Suicide -- Athlete Experiences of Depression and Suicidal Ideation -- Explaining Mental Health and Illness in Professional Sports Work -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Five Key Readings -- References -- Chapter 6 Disordered Eating in Sport: Legitimized and Stigmatized -- Introduction -- Athlete Disordered Eating: Underpinning Essentials -- A Medicalized Phenomenon: It's You, Not Us -- Lean, Lauded, and Legitimized: Disordered Eating as Good -- Starved, Scared, and Stigmatized: Mental Illness as Bad -- Concluding Thoughts: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't -- Five Key Readings -- References -- Chapter 7 Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction in Sport -- Introduction -- Drugs, Alcohol, and Sport -- Sport, Alcohol, and Hegemonic Masculinity -- Sport, Alcohol, and Addiction -- Sport, Alcohol, and Recovery -- Conclusion -- Five Key Readings -- References -- Chapter 8 Invisible Disabilities -- Introduction -- Epilepsy as an Invisible Disability -- On the Trails and through the Trees -- Quest for Authenticity and Peace -- Conclusion -- Five Key Readings -- References -- Chapter 9 Mass Mediation of Mental Illness in Sport -- Introduction -- Mass Media and Sport -- Mass Media and Mental Illness -- Mental Illness, Athletes, and the Sick Role -- The Spectacle of Mental Health in Sport -- Conclusion -- Five Key Readings -- References -- Chapter 10 Football, Healing, and Mental Health Recovery -- Introduction -- Recovery, Mental Health, and Mental Illness -- Mental Health and Place -- Recovery, Social Relationships, and Identity -- Tackling Mental Illness through Football -- Talking Football and Mental Health: Research Approach -- "Scoring Goals and Rediscovering Myself": The Role of Football in Mental Health Recovery -- Football as a Safe Space.

Football and Social Relationships -- Football and Identity Reconstruction -- Conclusion -- Five Key Readings -- References -- Chapter 11 In It for The Long Run: Researching Mental Health and Illness -- Introduction -- Misunderstanding -- Stigma -- Diagnostic Categories -- Treatment -- Accessing and Witnessing Experiences of Mental Illness -- Understanding Experiences of Mental Illness -- Communicating Mental Health Research -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Five Key Readings -- References -- Index.

This book approaches the study of mental illness in sport cultures from a variety of social scientific perspectives. Contributions focus on the multiple manifestations of mental illness within sport cultures, and the degree to which sport may be utilized as a means of helping people who struggle with mental illness.

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