Fostering the Mental Health of Athletes, Coaches, and Staff

This book describes a systems approach for fostering the mental health of athletes, coaches, and staff in sport organizations at professional, collegiate, and secondary school levels. Through this approach, readers can collaborate effectively with a range of professionals in sport organizations, helping to create a mentally healthy entity.

Informationen zum Autor Charles A. Maher , PsyD, CMPC, FAASP is a licensed psychologist, sport and performance psychologist with the Cleveland Guardians Baseball Organization, and Professor Emeritus of Applied Psychology at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA. For thirty-four years, Dr Maher has provided mental performance and mental health services to athletes, coaches, support staffs, and executives in Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Women's National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, collegiate sport organizations, as well as in tennis, boxing, and horseracing. Klappentext This book describes a systems approach for fostering the mental health of athletes, coaches, and staff in sport organizations at professional, collegiate, and secondary school levels. Through this approach, readers can collaborate effectively with a range of professionals in sport organizations, helping to create a mentally healthy entity.Fostering the Mental Health of Athletes, Coaches, and Staff includes a set of sequential, interrelated chapters that detail precise steps along with practitioner exercises. Following an introductory chapter about the evolution of mental health in sport organizations, the systems approach is overviewed in terms of its constituent dimensions. Chapter-by-chapter guidance then is provided about the following activities:Creating a vision and direction for mental health in a sport organizationAssessing the readiness of a sport organization for mental health initiativesIdentifying and involving people as key contributors to mental healthAssessing the mental and emotional development of athletes, coaches, and staffDesigning and implementing mental health programs and servicesEducating and training coaches, staff, and administrators about mental healthEstablishing a team environment conducive to mental healthFormulating and enacting mental health policies, plans, and proceduresCoordinating mental skills, life skills, and mental healthEvaluating mental health programs and servicesMaking decisions about improving mental health initiativesThrough its unique and important nature and scope, as well as being the first of its kind to discuss athlete mental health through this specific lens, this book is essential for licensed sport, clinical, and counseling psychologists, as well as other professionals who communicate and collaborate regarding mental health, including mental performance consultants, athletic trainers, and administrators. Zusammenfassung This book describes a systems approach for fostering the mental health of athletes, coaches, and staff in sport organizations at professional, collegiate, and secondary school levels. Through this approach, readers can collaborate effectively with a range of professionals in sport organizations, helping to create a mentally healthy entity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Charting the Parameters of Mental Health in Sport Organizations 2. Taking a Systems Approach to Mental Health in Sport Organizations 3. Creating a Vision and Direction for Promoting Positive Mental Health 4. Assessing the Readiness of a Sport Organization for Mental Health Initiatives 5. Identifying and Gaining Commitments of Individuals who can Contribute to Mental Health 6. Assessing the Mental and Emotional Development of Athletes in a Sport Organization. 7. Designing and Implementing Mental Health Programs and Services 8. Educating and Training Coaches and Staff as Mental Health Contributors 9. Establishing and Sustaining a Team Environment in Support of Mental Health 10. Formulating and Enacting Mental Health Policies! Plans! and Procedures at the Organizational Level 11. Coordinating Mental Skills! Life Skills! and Mental Health Programs and Services 12. Evaluating Mental Health Programs as a...

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Charles A. Maher, PsyD, CMPC, FAASP is a licensed psychologist, sport and performance psychologist with the Cleveland Guardians Baseball Organization, and Professor Emeritus of Applied Psychology at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA. For thirty-four years, Dr Maher has provided mental performance and mental health services to athletes, coaches, support staffs, and executives in Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Women's National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, collegiate sport organizations, as well as in tennis, boxing, and horseracing.

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Preface

1. Charting the Parameters of Mental Health in Sport Organizations

2. Taking a Systems Approach to Mental Health in Sport Organizations

3. Creating a Vision and Direction for Promoting Positive Mental Health

4. Assessing the Readiness of a Sport Organization for Mental Health Initiatives

5. Identifying and Gaining Commitments of Individuals who can Contribute to Mental Health

6. Assessing the Mental and Emotional Development of Athletes in a Sport Organization.

7. Designing and Implementing Mental Health Programs and Services

8. Educating and Training Coaches and Staff as Mental Health Contributors

9. Establishing and Sustaining a Team Environment in Support of Mental Health

10. Formulating and Enacting Mental Health Policies, Plans, and Procedures at the Organizational Level

11. Coordinating Mental Skills, Life Skills, and Mental Health Programs and Services

12. Evaluating Mental Health Programs as a Basis for their Continuous Development and Improvement

13. Making Decisions about the Continuous Development and Improvement of Mental Health Programs in Sport Organizations

14. Concluding Comments and Next Steps

Appendix A: Example of a Crisis and Emergency Action Plan for a Sport Organization

Appendix B: Sample Evaluable Program Design for Mental Health Program