Touring & Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual is divided into six distinct sections: Background, Relationships, Anxiety Depression and Crisis Management, Stress Trauma Addiction and Eating Disorders, Bodily Health, and finally Self-Care, Preparation and Recovery.
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Part I: Background
1. What is Mental Health? by Tamsin Embleton, MA, MBACP
2. Mind-body Connections by Tamsin Embleton, MA, MBACP
3. The Development of Mental Health by Tamsin Embleton, MA, MBACP
4. Mental Health in the Music Business by Jeordie Shenton, MSc
5. Healthy Touring by Tamsin Embleton, MA, MBACP
Part II: Relationships
6. Group Dynamics and Mindset by Tamsin Embleton, MA, MBACP
7. Why Bands Fail by Dr Louis D. Cox, PhD
8. Romantic Relationships by Dr Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT
9. Anger and Conflict by Whitney O’Malley, MA, LMFT and Jodi Milstein, LMFT, LPCC
Part III: Anxiety, Depression and Crisis Management
10. Anxiety by Dr Martin N. Seif, PhD
11. Music Performance Anxiety by Professor Dianna T. Kenny, PhD, FAPsS
12. Depression by Tamsin Embleton, MA, MBACP
13. Mental Health Conversations and Crisis Management by Whitney O’Malley, MA, LMFT
Part IV: Stress, Trauma, Addiction and Eating Disorders
14. Stress, Coping and Resilience by Dr Susan D. Raeburn, PhD
15. Musicians and Trauma by Professor Paula Thomson, PsyD
16. Addiction and Recovery by Dr Susan D. Raeburn, PhD
17. Sex and Porn Addiction by Dr Paula Hall, DPsych
18. Eating Disorders by Dr Charlie Easmon, MRCP
Part V: Bodily Health
19. General Health by Dr S Arun-Castro MRCEM MRCGP MPH
20. Sexual Health by Sital Panesar, MA, MBACP
21. Vocal Health by Lucy Heyman, MSc
22. Hearing Health by Dr Gladys Akinseye, AuD
23. Sleep by Tom Middleton, MHFA
24. Nutrition by Emmaline Rasmussen, MS, RDN, E-RYT
Part VI: Self-Care, Preparation and Recovery
25. Body in Motion by Helen Frances
26. Breathwork by Marcus Blacker, MA
27. Meditation by Rob da Bank
28. Peak Performance by Lucy Heyman, MSc
29. Dealing with the Media by Peter Robinson, PGDip, MBACP
30. Post-tour Recovery by Tamsin Embleton, MA, MBACP
Bonus online-only chapter
31. Fear of Flying by Martin N. Seif, PhD, ABPP. Click here to download a PDF (or here to read it online).
