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    Decisions About the Management of Mental Distress in Professional Footballers

    James, Ian, James, Cerys and Turner, Martin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1975-5561 (2025) Decisions About the Management of Mental Distress in Professional Footballers. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 18. e26. ISSN 1754-470X

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    Abstract

    Why, What, Who, When are a set of questions, sometimes referred to as the ‘WH calibration questions’ that help interrogate a concept in terms of its application and utility. In this article these questions are used to evaluate decisions made by footballers around their mental health (MH) and wellbeing. They allow us to examine the help-seeking behaviours of footballers, such as: Why seek help? What help is available? Who to go to? When’s the right time? The article examines the psychotherapies, mainly CBT, suitable for football players and offers practical examples of how clubs have supported their players. The roles of multi-disciplinary team members involved in promoting the wellbeing of players are discussed. The content of this paper is based on a review of the literature and personal knowledge of the authors’ experiences as MH clinicians in professional football clubs.

    Item Type: Article (Article)
    Peer-reviewed: Yes
    Date Deposited: 28 Feb 2025 09:21
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    Additional Information: This is an author accepted manuscript of an article published in The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, by Cambridge University Press. This version is deposited with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/], in accordance with Man Met's Research Publications Policy. The version of record can be found on the publisher's website.
    Divisions: Faculties > Health and Education
    Faculties > Health and Education > Psychology
    Subject terms: 1701 Psychology, 1702 Cognitive Sciences, 5202 Biological psychology, 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/638589
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1754470X25000121
    ISSN 1754-470X

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