For mental health clinicians, sports medicine specialists, and others involved in sports, this book provides a framework for understanding the psychological challenges and pitfalls of being an athlete. It looks at the lives of athletes, from Little League to the Olympics --their biopsychosocial development, family issues, drug use and abuse, mental disorders, performance issues, and treatment. Begel, in Milwaukee, and Burton, in Chicago, have both been consulting psychiatrists to professional sports teams. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.