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No / This book takes a novel approach to the study of male eating disorders – an area that is often dominated by clinical discourses. The study of eating disorders in men has purportedly suffered from a lack of dedicated attention to personal and socio-cultural aspects. Delderfield tackles this deficiency by spotlighting a set of personal accounts written by a group of men who have experiences of disordered eating. The text presents critical interpretations that aim to situate these experiences in the social and cultural context in which these disorders occur. This discursive work is underpinned by an eclectic scholarly engagement with social psychology and sociology literature around masculinities, embodiment and fatness, belonging, punishment, stigma, and control; leading to understandings about relationships with food, body and self. This is undertaken with a reflexive element, as the personal intersects with the professional. This text will appeal to students, scholars and clinicians in social sciences, humanities, and healthcare studies, including public health.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka sambandet mellan Mental Health Literacy (MHL) och psykologisk ohälsa och hälsa via variablerna emotionell och fysisk utmattning, ångest, depression, muskeldysmorfi, välbefinnande inom idrott, harmonisk passion samt tvångsmässig passion. Det specifika syftet var att undersöka om MHL kan predicera psykologiska hälsa och ohälsa. Tidigare studier har visat signifikanta samband mellan idrottares Mental Health Literacy (MHL) och deras psykologiska hälsa, där forskning indikerar att låga nivåer av MHL leder till försämrad psykologisk hälsa jämfört med de som skattar hög MHL (Kutcher et al., 2016). I föreliggande studie användes en kvantitativ longitudinell forskningsdesign där sammanlagt 70 idrottare deltog i åldrarna 15–35 år (M= 23.7, SD= 5.69). Deltagarna rekryterades via ett tillgänglighetsurval och besvarade en enkät vid två mättillfällen, vilket innehöll sex frågeformulär. Resultatet indikerar att det inte finns något samband över tid mellan MHL och psykologisk hälsa hos idrottare. Detta indikerar att varken låga eller höga nivåer av MHL kan predicera en idrottares kommande psykologiska hälsa. Resultatet i föreliggande studie belyser att det finns goda skäl till mer forskning kring sambandet mellan MHL och psykologisk hälsa inom idrotten. / The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between Mental Health Literacy (MHL) and psychological health and illness through the variables emotional and physical exhaustion, anxiety, depression, muscle dysmorphia, well-being in sports, harmonious and obsessive passion. More specifically, the purpose was to investigate whether MHL can predict psychological health and illness. Previous studies have shown a significant relationship between athletes' Mental Health Literacy (MHL) and their psychological health, the research indicates that low levels of MHL lead to poorer psychological health compared to those who rate high MHL (Kutcher et al., 2016). A quantitative longitudinal research design was used in this study and a total of 70 athletes aged 15–35 years participated (M = 23.7, SD = 5.69). Participants were recruited via an availability sample and answered a questionnaire on two measurement occasions, which contained six questionnaires. The results indicate that there is no relationship over time between MHL and psychological health. More specifically, the results indicate that neither low or high levels of MHL can predict an athlete's future psychological health. The results of the present study highlight that there are good reasons for more research about the relationship between MHL and psychological health in sports.