Mental illness in competitive and professional athletes is stigmatized because of its negative impact on those athletes, often disrupting or even ending their careers. Enduring careers in athletics are few and far between; this is not just because of the extreme physical demands, but also the equally taxing mental challenges. No longer are athletics a simply physical achievement. Without a strong mental state, most athletes fail to reach their career aspirations. Due to the extreme pressures they labor under, competitive and professional athletes have a higher tendency toward mental illness than the general populace.
Injury, pressures from coaches and parents, and overtraining without visible progress are some of the leading causes in mental illness in athletes. In the paper, “illness perceptions and mood states are associated with injury-related outcomes in athletes” written by, Paul Van Wilgen, AD A. Kaptein & Michel S. Brink, the following study was conducted “In a study of fifteen different sports with a follow up of sixteen years.” 1576. In the study’s model includes Wilgen, …show more content…
Stigma in the athletic community has led to very few studies in any of these areas except for eating disorders, as they have become more socially accepted. Sports psychiatry and psychotherapy. Mental strains and disorders in professional sports. Challenge and answer to societal changes. As written by Valentin Z. Markser. “Psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia and mania, are very rare among high-performance athletes, usually manifesting after taking anabolic steroids.” S182 The most studied mental illness in athletes are eating disorders, Marsker “15% of women in the field of aesthetic suffer from anorexia or bulimia. Furthermore 20.1% of female and 7.7% of male athletes from Norway, as well as 60% of female gymnasts with normal weight have been diagnosed with an eating disorder.”
Injury, pressures from coaches and parents, and overtraining without visible progress are some of the leading causes in mental illness in athletes. In the paper, “illness perceptions and mood states are associated with injury-related outcomes in athletes” written by, Paul Van Wilgen, AD A. Kaptein & Michel S. Brink, the following study was conducted “In a study of fifteen different sports with a follow up of sixteen years.” 1576. In the study’s model includes Wilgen, …show more content…
Stigma in the athletic community has led to very few studies in any of these areas except for eating disorders, as they have become more socially accepted. Sports psychiatry and psychotherapy. Mental strains and disorders in professional sports. Challenge and answer to societal changes. As written by Valentin Z. Markser. “Psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia and mania, are very rare among high-performance athletes, usually manifesting after taking anabolic steroids.” S182 The most studied mental illness in athletes are eating disorders, Marsker “15% of women in the field of aesthetic suffer from anorexia or bulimia. Furthermore 20.1% of female and 7.7% of male athletes from Norway, as well as 60% of female gymnasts with normal weight have been diagnosed with an eating disorder.”