This book is the newest edition on the series ‘advances in psychiatry’. The previous 3 volumes can be found online at http://www.wpanet.org/detail.php?secti

This book aims to provide readers with a theoretical and practical update on the advances in psychiatry.

"Compiled from articles in the journal Psychodynamic Psychiatry"--Title page verso.

Psychiatric conditions of all kinds can present in sporting populations due to the high intensity physical effort, competition and anxiety associated with compe