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Mental Health in Americamental health in the U.S. in relation to both advances that have been made in the fight for wellness and problems that remain to be solved.Mental Health in America: A Reference Handbook provides a broad overview of the evolution of mental illness and treatments in the United States, surveying the complex history of mental health in a manner that helps the reader identify key issues in an easy-to-understand fashion.Key events and individuals are noted within a timeline, while the second chapter examines problems and controversies that invite the reader to examine solutions to these problems. The remaining chapters include perspectives from those within the mental health system as well as additional documents and resources. This volume is geared toward high school students, undergraduate students and general readers. It will be a useful resource for the reader who wants to learn more about the history of mental illness to contextualize current events. It clearly shows why the topic of mental illness matters, and addresses important issues that affect it.Provides readers with a history of mental illness and discusses the many ramifications of health policies in the U.S.Summarizes the impact of mental illness on patients and families, with regard to its presence and effects in a variety of aspects of human lifeSupplies abundant resources for further research on the topic by readers of all agesRound out the author's expertise through perspective essays that provide a diversity of viewpoints on the topic
