Sport Psychiatry - Suicide of Olympic Family Members: Understanding suicide as consequences of depression in sport from West and East points of view - Paperback

by Vassilis Klissouras Dr (Author), Li Jing Zhu Dr (Author)

The researcher focuses on "the mental diseases in Olympic sport". Through researching and practical orientated consulting work with Olympic level athletes, coaches and sport officials, plus personal communication with Olympic Hero Vassilis Klissouras (1986, 2004-2017), Olympic family members had to endure the political and economic pressures of professionalism and commercialization, the worship of high-tech (M., McNamee, 2012, 2016), the over limitation of athletic physiological and psychological extremes ( L.J., Zhu, J., Heil, 2011a, 2011e; D., Baron, 2013), "Our Olympic movement has gone in the opposite direction" (Y., Vanlandewijck, 2016). The researcher gives the example of athletes from 2000 Olympic Game to 2016 Olympic Game and Wrestlers as case study. This book discusses depressive disorders special suicide in sport; it speaks to public population and professionals in sport science, sport medicine, ethics, sport juries, pedagogy, sociology, economics, psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry and philosophy. It specifically is of relevance for athletes, coaches, sport managers, sport fans and to anyone who is interested in health sport practice.

Author Biography

Dr. Zhu Li Jing, former athlete, Cross-education in sports science, psychology, psychotherapy and psychiatry in China, Europe and United States; Full Professor. Chair, Sport Psychiatry World Psychiatry Association, Chair, sport Psychotherapy World Council for Psychotherapy. Vice president of International Federation on Clinical Sport Psychology. A staunch defender of international sport psychiatry.