Mental Health In Sport (MHS): Improving the early intervention knowledge and confidence of elite sport staff

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Sebbens, Joshua ^a,b   Hassmén, Peter ^a   Crisp, Dimity ^a   Wensley, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athletes; Early intervention; Elite sport; Mental health; Mental health literacy; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980016124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00911     Document Type: Article

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