Blurred lines: Performance enhancement, common mental disorders and referral in the U.K. athletic population

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue JUL, 2016, Pages

  Roberts, Claire Marie ^a   Faull, Andrea L ^a   Tod, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Clinical psychology; Common mental disorders; Elite athletes; Referral

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982221759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01067     Document Type: Article

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