Sports Psychiatry

[Ace5813]

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Is this a popular field? I was thinking about looking further into it, mainly because I am a very athletic person whose life basically revolves around sports. I am considering psychiatry as a potential field of study, and to narrow it down further, dealing with athletes sounds like a fun and interesting career choice. Any insight?

 

[LauraMac]

Is this a popular field? I was thinking about looking further into it, mainly because I am a very athletic person whose life basically revolves around sports. I am considering psychiatry as a potential field of study, and to narrow it down further, dealing with athletes sounds like a fun and interesting career choice. Any insight?

didn't even know this really existed, but this would be a perfect career for me. i'm thinking of psychiatry and would LOVE working with athletes.

 

[Miklos]

Is this a popular field? I was thinking about looking further into it, mainly because I am a very athletic person whose life basically revolves around sports. I am considering psychiatry as a potential field of study, and to narrow it down further, dealing with athletes sounds like a fun and interesting career choice. Any insight?

Look into Sport Psychology.

IMHO, there is a pretty good chance that the athletes you are thinking of have no need of a Psychiatrist.

 

[PublicHealth]

There seems to be more on sports psychology as opposed to sports psychiatry. Check out these links.

http://www.mindbodyandsports.com/issp/about_membership.html

http://www.psyc.unt.edu/apadiv47/

http://www.psyc.unt.edu/apadiv47/about_becomingsportpsych.html

http://www.aaasponline.org/index.php

http://www.naspspa.org/

 

[Ace5813]

What type of athletes usually see a sports psychologist? I know that I have gone to see a clinical psycologist for athletic reasons, but I have heard some about this field and it intrests me greatly. Do sports psycologists work mainly with professional athletes, or athletes with psycological problems???

 

[Kazema]

What I've read/heard is that sometimes when players get into slumps or can't seem to ever win major tournaments etc. they'll see a sports psychologist. They'll work on stuff like visualization and techniques like that. And building teamwork and those sorts of things too I think.

 

[PublicHealth]

What I've read/heard is that sometimes when players get into slumps or can't seem to ever win major tournaments etc. they'll see a sports psychologist. They'll work on stuff like visualization and techniques like that. And building teamwork and those sorts of things too I think.

Yup...according to the Division 47 website:

Sport and exercise psychology is the scientific study of the psychological factors that are associated with participation and performance in sport, exercise, and other types of physical activity. Sport psychologists are interested in two main areas: (a) helping athletes use psychological principles to achieve optimal mental health and to improve performance (performance enhancement) and (b) understanding how participation in sport, exercise, and physical activity affects an individual's psychological development, health, and well-being throughout the life span.

Division 47 represents an exciting and quickly developing specialization that cuts across psychology and the sport sciences. Through the Division, scientists and practitioners with a common interest have the opportunity to interact and to further their personal and professional capabilities. Research interests of Division members include motivation to persist and achieve; psychological considerations in sport injury and rehabilitation; counseling techniques with athletes; assessing talent; exercise adherence and well-being; self-perceptions related to achieving; expertise in sport; youth sport; and performance enhancement and self-regulation techniques. The Division furthers the scientific, educational, and clinical foundations of exercise and sport psychology.

More detail: http://www.psyc.unt.edu/apadiv47/about_divprojects.html

 

[PublicHealth]

More websites:

http://www.athleticmindinstitute.com/

http://www.athleticmindinstitute.com/staff.html


There are quite a few sports psychologists in Athens for the 2004 Summer Olympics. Interestingly, their role seems to have expanded from treating sports-related concerns to helping reduce anxiety in athletes affected by anti-American sentiment. Here is the article:

http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0304/128251.html

 

[PublicHealth]

Neat article on sports psychology:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040809/lam061_1.html

Sports Psychologist mentioned in the above article:

http://www.americanboardofsportpsychology.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=589

American Board of Sport Psychology:

http://www.americanboardofsportpsychology.org/

 

[kchan99]

I've been a ballet dancer and I consider myself an athlete of sorts.

In ballet, gymnastics and wrestling: eating disorders, exercise "addiction"

I read a paper in French on personality disorders in ballet. I forgot which journal.

A good book to read on the parallels between dance and psychiatry: Felicia McCarren, Dance Pathologies: Performance, Poetics, Medicine
McCarren is a professor of French literature at Tulane.

 

[Ace5813]

Now, do you think I could still work in this particular field, even if I completed med school and became a psychiatrist? I haven't even gone to med school yet, but I am just wondering for the future? Thanks!

 

[PublicHealth]

Now, do you think I could still work in this particular field, even if I completed med school and became a psychiatrist? I haven't even gone to med school yet, but I am just wondering for the future? Thanks!

Ask this guy:

Baron, David MSEd, DO
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry
Temple Univ. School of Medicine
Philadelphia., PA
215-707-3364(office phone)
[email protected]
215-707-1557(fax)
Dr. Baron is listed in Philadelphia Magazine as Top Doc in sports psychiatry. He is a certified Doping Control Officer and Sport MRO and consults with youth, high school, college, Olympic, and professional athletes and teams.