The ISSP Manual of Sports Psychiatry is the first text describing the role of a sports psychiatrist. Covering both individual as well as team sports, contact and non-contact, from childhood through late adulthood, the manual describes the role of sports in our culture and details the psychiatric interventions associated with players and their teams. The editors take a broad focus, covering topics from neuroscience-psychiatric and psychological aspects, performance enhancement, team chemistry and dynamics, organizational issues to working with medical, orthopedic/surgical and neurologic colleagues to provide comprehensive prevention and treatment to enhance well-being and performance. This text will be invaluable to medical and psychiatric physicians, psychologists and other mental health professionals, as well as athletes, trainers, leagues and their commissioners, sports writers-and even "fans" anxious to understand what is going on with their teams.

About the Author

Dr Glick, MD is a Stanford Emeritus Professor and internationally recognized psychiatric researcher (focus on long-term treatment outcome), educator and clinician. He has published over 200 articles/book chapters, eight books plus three model, psychopharmacology curriculums -and worked with the NBA and NFL.

Dr. Kamis, MD is a psychiatry resident at Stanford University. She competed as a Division I athlete at the University of Pennsylvania where she was a four-time NCAA championship qualifier, All American, Academic-All Ivy, as well as captain of Penn's fencing team.

Dr. Stull, MD works full time in the Athletic Department at the University of Nebraska, serves as the President of the International Society for Sports Psychiatry and is an active member of the NCAA Mental Health Task forced.

Reviews

"Every sports psychiatrist should have this book by their side. It has everything you would want to know about working with athletes and their teams, psychiatrically and psychologically, to increase their mental health, performance as well as enjoyment of the sport"

Bruce Silverglade, owner of Gleason's gym in Brooklyn, NYC

Honestly, virtually everything. The core enterprise is well-conceived, the authorship is top-notch and the proposed book has the potential to function both as a reference text and a straightforward "good read." It also, in its choice of sports, avoids the pitfall of being seen as overly USA-centered. Dr. Paul Miller University of Cumbria, UK

I believe there is a need for this book. There are limited books of sport psychiatry and a manual of sport psychiatry organized in a sport-by-sport format will be timely and helpful for many audiences, particularly those who are interested in psychiatric problems and interventions in a specific sport. Dr. Mariya Yukhymenko, California State University Fresno

Book Information
ISBN 9780415792509
Author Ira D. Glick
Format Paperback
Page Count 282
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 408g