Sports competition, from the dedicated amateur, to the elite professional level, is a specialised world. Its participants face singular challenges in overcoming the stress, anxiety, and fear of failure (and success) that characterise that environment. The author of Sports Psychiatry: Strategies for Life Balance and Peak Performance is uniquely aware of the knowledge and skills mental health practitioners require to work effectively with athletes as they strive to compete better, heal better, and feel better. The book is grounded in evidence-based psychiatry, but is written in a style that will engage and inform not only mental health professionals, but interested laypeople, primary care and sports medicine physicians, athletic trainers, team owners and managers - and of course - the athletes themselves. Absorbing narratives exemplify the themes and issues covered in each chapter, including how to recognise and conquer stress, how to prepare mentally for competition, how to manage pain, and how to tune out the myriad distractions of the athlete s life and focus on performance. Engaging and insightful, Sports Psychiatry is the go-to book for those in need of practical strategies for supporting and attaining peak performance.