Sport Psychiatry - Sport TCM Psychiatry: -The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in Treating Psychiatric Disorders in Olympic Sport (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781724761057)

"Faster, higher and stronger" Olympic athletes are at the pinnacle of physical health and conditioning. Their bodies are finely tuned machines, resulting from a life time of training and attention to maximizing their athletic performance. However, the emotional stress associated with competing at the highest levels; leave them vulnerable to the adverse consequences of emotional stress (D., Baron, 2017). "Post match blues" appears after the Olympic Games. Athletes suffering depression, identity crisis, food and drink disorders loss of balance, and insomnia, are a very common phenomenon. WHO declared: traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are covered in ICD 11 from 2018. The whole dimension of holistic Sport TCM psychiatry is as follows: Depressive Disorders-Yu Zheng, Anxiety Disorders -jing ji, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders OCD-Yin, Bipolar and Related Disorders-Mania- Yu Zheng and Kuang Zheng, and Yu Zheng, Sleep-Wake Disorders-Insomnia-Bu mei, Feeding and eating disorder-Fei Pang, Substance Use and Addictive Disorders-jie du, jie jiu, jie yin, Neurocognitive Disorders-Pain- tong bi, tou teng, tou yun, mian teng, Dementia-chi dai.

Author: John Heil Dr, Vassilis Klissouras Dr, Li Jing Zhu Dr
ISBN-10: 1724761056
ISBN-13: 9781724761057
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2018
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.67d