Athlete Mental Health and Performance Optimization: The Optimum Performance Program for Sports (TOPPS)

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Athlete Mental Health and Performance Optimization: The Optimum Performance Program for Sports (TOPPS)introduces TOPPS, which provides structured protocols to assist with recruitment, engagement, screening, assessment and performance optimization. The book presents step-by-step instructional guidelines, real-world case examples, screening and assessment questionnaires, scoring instructions, intervention handouts and worksheets that complement intervention. TOPPS has demonstrated significantly improved relationships with teammates and coaches, decreased substance use and psychiatric symptoms, and decreased factors interfering with sport performance. These results have been sustained in follow-up and has been shown to have improved outcomes regardless of mental health diagnostic severity.

The Book’s first three chapters introduce performance optimization orientation, theories and evidence supporting TOPPS, general assessment and intervention approaches, psychometrically-validated measures and strategies used to address culture, methods of establishing a culture of optimization and requisite infrastructure within the respective system, and therapeutic style, techniques and implementation strategies. Remaining chapters show how to implement TOPPS.

Introduces TOPPS for athlete mental health and performance optimizationProvides the evidence basis for TOPPSExplains step-by step implementation instructionsAddresses recruitment, engagement, screening, assessment and performance optimizationDetails real-world case examplesIncludes intervention handouts and worksheets
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Academic Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 25 Oct. 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0323952763
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0323952767
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 340 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.19 x 1.19 x 22.91 cm