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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Charles A. Maher (Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology, Rutgers University)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.449kg ISBN: 9780367746766ISBN 10: 036774676 Pages: 194 Publication Date: 28 September 2022 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface 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 ProgramReviewsDr. Maher has produced one of the most excellent texts I've read in my past 30 years related to the systems-based approach of creating a proactive model of mental health care for athletes, coaches, and organizations. His experience, knowledge, and real world applications form a solid foundation for this book that will be a must read reference for psychologists, mental health providers, sports medicine staff, coaches, and athletics administrators. The recent movement in mental health care for athletes in all levels of sport requires a book such as this to help guide and direct future programs from a professional and competency-based approach. As a practicing counseling sport psychologist, I've valued Dr. Maher's expertise, knowledge, and collegiality for the past 20+ years...this book is an essential and necessary resource in further developing professional mental health care in the arena of sports at all levels. Chris Carr, Director of Performance Psychology, Green Bay Packers, USA In Fostering the Mental Health of Athletes, Coaches, and Staff, Dr. Charlie Maher uses a practical systems approach and draws on his 30+ years of experience fostering mental and emotional health of athletes and coaches in professional and collegiate sports to explain how to develop a psychologically healthy organization for competitive excellence. A must read! Elizabeth L. Shoenfelt, Professor Emerita of Psychology at Western Kentucky University, USA This is an excellent and accessible introduction for practitioners interested in using a systems approach to foster the mental health of athletes, coaches, and staff in sport organizations. In each chapter, Dr Maher covers a range of mental health-enhancing possibilities and offers wonderful insight to how these might be realised. This book is exactly what is needed within the field at this moment; After reading it you will come to appreciate that promoting mental health in sport is a multi-level task in nature and scope and requires attention, programs, and services at individual, team, and organizational levels. Dr Chris Wagstaff, Reader in Applied Psychology, University of Portsmouth, UK Dr. Maher has produced one of the most excellent texts I've read in my past 30 years related to the systems-based approach of creating a proactive model of mental health care for athletes, coaches, and organizations. His experience, knowledge, and real world applications form a solid foundation for this book that will be a must read reference for psychologists, mental health providers, sports medicine staff, coaches, and athletics administrators. The recent movement in mental health care for athletes in all levels of sport requires a book such as this to help guide and direct future programs from a professional and competency-based approach. As a practicing counseling sport psychologist, I've valued Dr. Maher's expertise, knowledge, and collegiality for the past 20+ years...this book is an essential and necessary resource in further developing professional mental health care in the arena of sports at all levels. Chris Carr, Director of Performance Psychology, Green Bay Packers Dr. Maher has produced one of the most excellent texts I've read in my past 30 years related to the systems-based approach of creating a proactive model of mental health care for athletes, coaches, and organizations. His experience, knowledge, and real world applications form a solid foundation for this book that will be a must read reference for psychologists, mental health providers, sports medicine staff, coaches, and athletics administrators. The recent movement in mental health care for athletes in all levels of sport requires a book such as this to help guide and direct future programs from a professional and competency-based approach. As a practicing counseling sport psychologist, I've valued Dr. Maher's expertise, knowledge, and collegiality for the past 20+ years...this book is an essential and necessary resource in further developing professional mental health care in the arena of sports at all levels. Chris Carr, Director of Performance Psychology, Green Bay Packers In Fostering the Mental Health of Athletes, Coaches, and Staff, Dr. Charlie Maher uses a practical systems approach and draws on his 30+ years of experience fostering mental and emotional health of athletes and coaches in professional and collegiate sports to explain how to develop a psychologically healthy organization for competitive excellence. A must read! Elizabeth L. Shoenfelt, Professor Emerita of Psychology at Western Kentucky University Author InformationCharles 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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