Mental Health in Sport: An Overview and Introduction to the Special issue

Abstract

Welcome to this special issue of Journal of Applied Sport Psychology on mental health in sport. The special issue comes at a particularly pertinent time as the study of mental health in sport gathers significant momentum. In this introduction – and throughout the special issue—we aim to provide robust, thought-provoking research and commentary on a broad range of topics within the field of mental health and sport. We outline the specific contributions of each article here, and conclude with an epilogue where we provide some comment on the field moving forward.