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Americans are becoming more cognizant of the importance of mental wellness as incidents of bullying, random shootings, and eating disorders pervade our society. This comprehensive resource provides an expansive overview of mental health and illness in the United States, analyzing the current state of the health care system, and objectively examining the therapies and treatment options traditionally recommended by the medical community.

Mental Health Care Issues in America: An Encyclopedia covers major mental disorders, theories, and treatments; delves into major advances and ongoing controversies in the field; and shares the most current research on the subject in varied disciplines, including ethnic studies, criminal justice, education, and social work. Each entry features a clear definition of the issue along with a brief review of its history. Additionally, the author situates the material within the mental health field, as well as within society in general. Organized alphabetically, topics include advocacy, legal issues, media portrayals of psychological disorders, and homelessness and mental illness.

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Mental Health Care Issues in America AN ENCYCLOPEDIA VOLUME ONE AM Michael - photo 1
Mental Health Care Issues in America

AN ENCYCLOPEDIA

VOLUME ONE: AM

Michael Shally-Jensen,
Editor

Santa Barbara California Denver Colorado Oxford England Copyright 2013 by - photo 2
Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Oxford, England

Copyright 2013 by ABC-CLIO, LLC

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Mental health care issues in America : an encyclopedia / Michael Shally-Jensen, editor.
v. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9781610690133 (hard copy : alk. paper) ISBN 9781610690140 (ebook)
1. Mental healthUnited StatesEncyclopedias. 2. Mental health servicesUnited StatesEncyclopedias. 3. PsychiatryUnited StatesEncyclopedias. 4. Mental illnessUnited StatesEncyclopedias. I. Shally-Jensen, Michael.
RC437.M46 2013
362.19689003dc23 2012023911

ISBN: 9781610690133
EISBN: 9781610690140

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Alphabetical List of Entries

Adolescence and Mental Health

African Americans and Mental Health

Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, and Mental Health

Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

American Indian and Alaskan Native Mental Health

Anger and Aggression

Asian American and Pacific Islander Mental Health Issues

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Behavioral Theories and Therapies

Bipolar Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder

Campus Life and Mental Health

Children and Mental Health

Chronic Mental Illness

Clinical Psychology

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Community Mental Health

Creativity and Mental Health

Criminalization and Diversion Programs

Culturally Competent Mental Health Care

Depression

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

Disability Rights

Disasters and Mental Health

Dissociative Disorders

Drug Abuse and Mental Health

Drug Companies

Eating Disorders

Elder Abuse and Neglect

Electroconvulsive Therapy

Emergency Services

Ethical Issues

Evidence-Based Practice and Outcome Measurement

Family and Mental Illness

Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry

Gambling Addiction

Gender Identity Disorder

Genetics and Mental Health

Group Therapy

History of Mental Health Care

Homelessness and Mental Illness

Hospitalization

Humanistic Theories and Therapies

Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy

Impulse Control Disorders

Insurance and Parity Laws

Intellectual Disability

Internet Gaming Addiction

Involuntary Treatment

Latinos and Mental Health

Learning Disabilities

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Mental Health Issues

Literary Works and Mental Illness

Loss and Grief

Marketing of Drugs

Marriage, Divorce, and Mental Health

Media Portrayals of Mental Illness

Medical Model of Mental Illness

Memory and Disorders of Memory

Mental Health Advocacy

Mental Health Counseling

Mind and Body Approaches to Mental Health

Narcissism

Neurodiversity

Neuropsychiatry

Nutritional Therapies

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Panic Disorder

Paranoia

Peer Support Groups

Phobias

Popular Remedies and Quackery

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Poverty, Unemployment, Economic Inequality, and Mental Health

Preventative Mental Health Programs

Primary Care Behavioral Health

Prisons and Mental Health

Psychiatry

Psychoanalysis

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder

Psychopharmacology

Psychosomatic Disorders

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy Integration

Public Awareness and Public Education

Public Health Perspectives

Public Policy Issues

Recovery Movement

Rehabilitation Services

Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health

Residential Treatment for Young People

Rights of Patients with Mental Health Conditions

Rural Mental Health Services

Schizophrenia

School Mental Health

Self-Help

Self-Injury and Body Image

Sexual Disorders and Dysfunctions

Sleep and Its Disorders

Social Anxiety Disorder

Social Work in Mental Health

State Mental Health Agencies

Stigma

Stress and Stress Management

Suicide and Suicide Prevention

Therapeutic Community and Milieu Therapy

Trauma

Undiagnosed Mental Illness

Veterans Mental Health Care

Violence and Violence-Prone Individuals

Women's Mental Health

Workplace Issues in Mental Health

Topical List of Entries
Children and Youth

Adolescence and Mental Health

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Campus Life and Mental Health

Children and Mental Health

Depression

Drug Abuse and Mental Health

Eating Disorders

Family and Mental Illness

Gender Identity Disorder

Genetics and Mental Health

Impulse Control Disorders

Intellectual Disability

Internet Gaming Addiction

Learning Disabilities

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Mental Health Issues

Residential Treatment for Young People

School Mental Health

Self-Injury and Body Image

Suicide and Suicide Prevention

Ethnicity, Race, and Culture

African Americans and Mental Health

American Indian and Alaskan Native Mental Health

Asian American and Pacific Islander Mental Health Issues

Culturally Competent Mental Health Care

Latinos and Mental Health

Institutions, Settings, and Social Contexts

Campus Life and Mental Health

Community Mental Health

Creativity and Mental Health

Disasters and Mental Health

Elder Abuse and Neglect

Emergency Services

Family and Mental Illness

Homelessness and Mental Illness

Hospitalization

Involuntary Treatment

Marriage, Divorce, and Mental Health

Poverty, Unemployment, Economic Inequality, and Mental Health

Prisons and Mental Health

Rehabilitation Services

Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health

Residential Treatment for Young People

Rural Mental Health Services

School Mental Health

Social Work in Mental Health

State Mental Health Agencies

Therapeutic Community and Milieu Therapy

Veterans Mental Health Care

Women's Mental Health

Workplace Issues in Mental Health

Legal and Ethical Issues

Criminalization and Diversion Programs

Disability Rights

Ethical Issues

Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry

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