The price she pays : confronting the hidden mental health crisis in women's sports--from the schoolyard to the stadium
(2024)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
796.082/STEELE,K

Availability

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Adult Nonfiction 796.082/STEELE,K Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York, New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2024
©2024
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

x, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780316567473, 0316567477 :, 0316567477, 9780316567473
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Two experts in mental health and sport lift the veil on the crisis in women's athletics, offering parents and coaches urgently needed advice and support and showing how female athletes can find joy in whatever sport they choose, at whatever level they compete. No matter the sport, the message to girls and women is the same: Be aggressive, but not too aggressive. Win at all costs, but be polite while doing it. Get strong, but not too big. Female athletes have long been conditioned to perform under these standards, gracefully and without complaints. Yet, behind the scenes, female athletes are suffering from disordered eating and substance use; depression and anxiety; emotional and sexual abuse; racism and discrimination; self-harm, and even suicide ideation. When global tennis star Naomi Osaka and gymnastics world champion Simone Biles took breaks from competing to tend to their mental health, many were compelled to ask: What is causing this mental health crisis in women's sports? In this urgent yet "hopeful roadmap for systemic change." (Jessica Mendoza, Olympic medalist), Katie Steele and Dr. Tiffany Brown illuminate where we are going wrong--and how we can correct course

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