PSYCHOSOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ATHLETIC TRAINING

This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the psychology of sport, injury, and rehabilitation. Mental illness recognition, triage, and referral will be discussed for patients in a variety of settings. Students will gain foundational knowledge in and/or application skills of emotion, motivation, mental skills training and use, psychological antecedents of injury, psychology of injury and rehabilitation, career transition and termination, disabilities,rehabilitation/exercise adherence, eating disorders, alcohol and drug/substance abuse, gender and cultural diversity, and research methods related to the psychology of sport, injury, and rehabilitation.