The growing role of football as a vehicle for interventions in mental health care

Pringle, Alan

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01417.x

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“…Every training session was long, about 100–120 minutes and included the following: (1) a recording phase (∼10 minutes); (2) a social interaction phase (∼10 minutes) to enhance the participation effects; (3) a warm-up period (∼20 minutes); (4) a central training period (∼40–60 minutes) made up of two games (∼20–30 minutes) including soccer technical–tactical exercises and a small-sided soccer games;17 (5) a cool-down period (∼10 minutes); and (6) a feedback phase (∼10 minutes). Concerning the basic principles of exercise training, we progressively increased the duration of each game of the training period (20 minutes from week 1 to week 5; 25 minutes from week 5 to week 8; and 30 minutes from week 9 to week 10).…”

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“…Local health organizations are realizing that soccer may be an effective way to promote good mental health and help increase access to – and uptake of – services for mental health service users 16,17. In particular, Pringle17 observed that some mental health service providers have begun to cooperate with football clubs to improve the psychophysical health of subjects with mental illness. More specifically, the aim of this cooperation was to involve their patients in playing or watching football.…”

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Soccer practice as an add-on treatment in the management of individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia

Battaglia¹,

Alesi²,

Inguglia³

et al. 2013

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Physical activity is an important aspect of good health for everyone; it is even more important for psychiatric patients who usually live an unhealthy lifestyle. In recent years, there has been growing focus on the use of soccer as a vehicle to improve the health of subjects with severe mental illness. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of soccer practice on the self-reported health quality of life (SRHQL) and sports performance (SP) in psychotic subjects. Eighteen male patients with diagnosis of schizophrenia were randomized into either a trained (TG) or a control group (CG). The TG was trained for 12 weeks using two soccer training sessions per week. The CG did not perform any regular sports activity during the experimental period. Anthropometric measurements, SRHQL, personal time records in a 30 meter sprint test and slalom test running with a ball were evaluated before and after the experimental period. SRHQL was assessed using Short Form-12 questionnaire measuring physical and mental component summary scores. After the training period, the TG showed a relevant decrease by 4.6% in bodyweight (BW) and body mass index compared to baseline. Conversely, the CG showed an increased BW and body mass index by 1.8% from baseline to posttest. Moreover, after 12 weeks we found that control patients increased their BW significantly when compared to trained patients (Δ = 5.4%; P < 0.05). After the training period, comparing the baseline TG’s Short Form-12-scores to posttest results, we found an improvement of 10.5% and 10.8% in physical component summary and mental component summary, respectively. In addition, performances on the 30 meter sprint test and slalom test running with a ball in the TG improved significantly (P < 0.01) from baseline to posttest when compared to CG. Soccer practice appears able to improve psychophysical health in individuals with diagnosis of schizophrenia. Indeed, our study demonstrated that programmed soccer physical activity could reduce antipsychotic medication-related weight gain and improve SRHQL and sports performance in psychotic subjects.

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Soccer practice as an add-on treatment in the management of individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia

Battaglia¹,

Alesi²,

Inguglia³

et al. 2013

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“…Footballing mental health‐care initiatives, both playing and spectating, have shown various positive well‐being outcomes (Barraclough ; Carter‐Morris & Faulkner ; Danforth ; Hynes ; O'Kane & McKenna ; Oldknow & Grant ; Pringle ). The ‘It's a Goal!’ (IAG) programme makes use of football metaphor, grounded in cognitive–behavioural techniques, to engage, primarily male participants, in a therapeutic programme (Jones ; Pringle & Sayers ).…”

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‘You'll never walk alone’: Supportive social relations in a football and mental health project

McKeown

Roy

Spandler

2015

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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(2015) You'll never walk alone: supportive social relations in a football and mental health project. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing, 24 (4). pp. 360369. ISSN 14458330 It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from the work. (YNWA). In this paper we argue that this spirit can be effectively harnessed in nursing and mental health care. We draw on data from qualitative interviews undertaken as part of evaluating a football and mental health project to explore the nature of supportive social relations therein. We use some of the lyrics from YNWA as metaphor to frame our thematic analysis. We are especially interested in the interactions between the group facilitators and group members, but also address aspects of peer support within the groups. A contrast is drawn between the flexible interpersonal boundaries and self-disclosure evident in the football initiative and the reported more distant relations with practitioners in mainstream mental health services. Findings suggest scope for utilising more collective, solidarity enhancing initiatives and attention to alliances and boundaries to maximise engagement and therapeutic benefits within routine practice.

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“…For example, research has shown that mental health promotion programmes based in sport contexts normalize the help-seeking process for men (Pringle & Sayers). To date, the value of employing the sport context to engage young men in mental health promotion has received little attention (Pringle, 2009). …”

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A Qualitative Exploration of Men's Experiences of an Integrated Exercise/CBT Mental Health Promotion Programme

McArdle¹,

McGale²,

Gaffney³

2012

International Journal of Men's Health

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The growing role of football as a vehicle for interventions in mental health care

Cited by 26 publications

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Soccer practice as an add-on treatment in the management of individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia

Soccer practice as an add-on treatment in the management of individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia

‘You'll never walk alone’: Supportive social relations in a football and mental health project

A Qualitative Exploration of Men's Experiences of an Integrated Exercise/CBT Mental Health Promotion Programme

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