scholarly journals A literature review exploring the mental health issues in academy football players following career termination due to deselection or injury and how counselling could support future players

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard James Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Career Termination

scholarly journals Professional Footballers’ Association Counselors’ Perceptions of the Role Long-Term Injury Plays in Mental Health Issues Presented by Current and Former Players

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Misia Gervis ◽  
Helen Pickford ◽  
Thomas Hau
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to investigate counselors’ professional understanding of the long-term psychological consequences of injury in UK football players. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 counselors who were registered to work for the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA). The interviews examined the counselors’ perception of the relationship between long-term injury and presenting mental health issues, the antecedents to those mental health issues, and recommendations for psychological intervention following injury. The critical finding was the mental health problems regularly presented to PFA counselors were often the psychological and behavioral consequences of long-term injury. Counselors recommended that early and sustained psychological intervention with long-term injured players would act as a preventative measure against future mental health issues.

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