Mind Game

An Inside Look at the Mental Health Playbook of Elite Athletes

Julie Kliegman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2025
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
979-8-216-37805-1 (ISBN)

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A deep look into how even the best athletes struggle with and persevere through mental illness.

In growing numbers, athletes are speaking up about their struggles with mental illness—including high-profile stars such as Michael Phelps, Kevin Love, Simone Biles, and Naomi Osaka. More disclosures are surely on the way, as athletes recognize that their openness can help others and inspire those around them.

In Mind Game: An Inside Look at the Mental Health Playbook of Elite Athletes, Julie Kliegman offers insight into how elite athletes navigate mental performance and mental illness—and what non-athletes can learn from them. Kliegman explores the recent mental health movement in sports, the history and practice of sport psychology, the stereotypes and stigmas that lead athletes to keep their troubles to themselves, and the ways in which injury and retirement can throw wrenches in their mental states. Kliegman also examines the impacts of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, substance use, and more, with a keen eye toward moving forward with acceptance, progress, and problem-solving.

Featuring insightful interviews with Olympians Chloe Kim, McKayla Maroney, and Adam Rippon, NBA players Kevin Love and DeMar DeRozan, former U.S. Open tennis champ Bianca Andreescu, and many other athletes and experts, Mind Game breaks down the ongoing, heartening movement of athletes across sports coming forward to get the care they need and deserve—and to help others feel safe opening up about their struggles, as well.

Julie Kliegman has been copy chief at Sports Illustrated, copy editor at The Ringer, weekend editor at The Week, and news fellow at BuzzFeed. Their writing has appeared in Sports Illustrated, the Washington Post, The Ringer, Vulture, BuzzFeed, Vox, The Verge, Bustle, Washington Monthly, The Week, and more. Kliegman is a frequent guest on radio and podcasts. They live in Queens, New York.

Foreword
Introduction: Learning From Our Idols
PART I: Eyes on the Prize: How Mental Performance Shapes Athletes
Chapter 1: Mentally Tough: The Stereotypes Athletes Fight
Chapter 2: Looking Back: A History of Sport Psychology
Chapter 3: Science and Practice: What Mental Performance Coaches Actually Do
PART II: The Megaphone: Speaking Out About Mental Illness
Chapter 4: The Firsts: Trailblazers Who Came Forward
Chapter 5: Open the Floodgates: More Athletes Join the Cause
Chapter 6: The Greats Chime In: Anxiety and Depression Amid a Pandemic
Chapter 7: On Campus: The Push for Better Care at Colleges
PART III: The Diagnosis: Coping With What You’ve Got
Chapter 8: Substance Use: From Alcohol and Cannabis to Psychedelics
Chapter 9: Body Image: Eating Disorders in Professional Athletes
Chapter 10: Life Out of the Game: Injury, Absence, and Retirement
Conclusion: So What’s Next?
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	02.12.2025
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 228 mm
Gewicht	420 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Körper / Sexualität
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-13	979-8-216-37805-1 / 9798216378051
Zustand	Neuware