Promoting mental health awareness in sport clubs

Journal of Public Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 55-62

  Breslin, Gavin ^a   Haughey, Tandy Jane ^a   Donnelly, Paul ^b   Kearney, Ciaran ^a   Prentice, Garry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Sport Northern Ireland ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c DUBLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Help seeking; Mental toughness; Resilience; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021388494     PISSN: 17465729     EISSN: 20428731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JPMH-08-2016-0040     Document Type: Article

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