Table of Contents
SECTION I: THE NATURE OF MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
1. The Burden of Mental Disorders
William W. Eaton, Pierre Alexandre, O. Joseph Bienvenu, Diana Clarke, Silvia S. Martins, Gerald Nestadt, Benjamin Zablotsky
2. The Perspectives of Psychiatry: The Public Health Approach
Paul McHugh
3. Global Mental Health Issues: Culture and Psychopathology
Judith K. Bass, William W. Eaton, Sharon Abramowitz, Norman Sartorius
SECTION II: METHODS
4. Assessment of Distress, Disorder, Impairment and Need in the Population
William W. Eaton, Ramin Mojtabai, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Jeannie-Marie S. Leoutsakos, S. Janet Kuramoto
5. An Introduction to Quantitative Methods Especially Relevant for Public Mental Health
Elizabeth A. Stuart, Jeannie-Marie Sheppard Leoutsakos, Alden L. Gross, S. Janet Kuramoto, William W. Eaton
SECTION III: DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY
6. The Population Dynamics of Mental Disorders
William W. Eaton, Pierre Alexandre, Ronald C. Kessler, Silvia S. Martins, Preben Bo Mortensen, George W. Rebok, Carla Storr, Kim Roth
7. The Relationship of Adult Mental Disorders to Race, Socioeconomic Status, Marital Status, and Urbanicity of Residence
Silvia S. Martins, Jean Ko, Sachiko Kuwabara, Diana Clarke, Pierre Alexandre, Peter Zandi, Tamar Mendelson, Preben Bo Mortensen, William W. Eaton
SECTION IV: MECHANISMS OF RISK
8. Genes as a Source of Risk for Mental Disorders
Peter P. Zandi, Brion Maher
9. Mental Disorders Across the Life Span and the Role of Executive Function Networks
Michelle C. Carlson, Dana Eldreth, Yi-Fang Chuang
10. Models of Stress and Adapting To Risk: A Life-Course, Developmental Perspective
Catherine P. Bradshaw, George W. Rebok, Benjamin Zablotsky, Lareina N. LaFlair, Tamar Mendelson, William W. Eaton
11. Adapting To Acute Crisis
Carla L. Storr, Melissa Azur, Judith K. Bass, Holly C. Wilcox
SECTION V: THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICE SYSTEM
12. Mental Health and the Law
Deborah Agus
13. American Mental Health Services: Perspective through Care Patterns for 100 Adults, With Aggregate Facility, Service and Cost Estimates
Ronald W. Manderscheid, Pierre Alexandre, Anita Everett, Phillip Leaf
14. Community and Public Mental Health Services in the US: History And Programs
Anita Everett, Su Yeon Lee
15. Pathways to Care: Need, Attitudes, Barriers
Ramin Mojtabai, William W. Eaton, Pallab K. Maulik
16. Mental Health Systems around The World
Shekhar Saxena, Judith Bass, Anita Everett, William Eaton, Atieh Novin
SECTION VI: PREVENTION AND THE FUTURE
17. The Logic and Practice of the Prevention of Mental Disorders
Tamar Mendelson, Elise T. Pas, Julie A. Leis, Catherine P. Bradshaw, George W. Rebok, Wallace Mandell
18. Progress Made, But Much More to Be Done
Phillip Leaf, Laysha Ostrow, Ronald W. Manderscheid, David L. Shern, William W. Eaton