Mental Health Care Issues in America: An Encyclopedia

Author Michael Shally-Jensen

Publisher ABC-CLIO

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Author

Michael Shally-Jensen

Publisher

ABC-CLIO

Volume

Copyright

2012

ISBN13

9781610690140

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eBook

Grade Level

12th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

This two-volume encyclopedia examines the social, cultural, and political dimenions of mental illness in America.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Alphabetical List of Entries.
Topical List of Entries.
Introduction.
1: Adolescence and Mental Health.
2: African Americans and Mental Health.
3: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, and Mental Health.
4: Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias.
5: American Indian and Alaskan Native Mental Health.
6: Anger and Aggression.
7: Asian American and Pacific Islander Mental Health Issues.
8: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
9: Autism Spectrum Disorders.
10: Behavioral Theories and Therapies.
11: Bipolar Disorder.
12: Borderline Personality Disorder.
13: Campus Life and Mental Health.
14: Children and Mental Health.
15: Chronic Mental Illness.
16: Clinical Psychology.
17: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
18: Community Mental Health.
19: Creativity and Mental Health.
20: Criminalization and Diversion Programs.
21: Culturally Competent Mental Health Care.
22: Depression.
23: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
24: Disability Rights.
25: Disasters and Mental Health.
26: Dissociative Disorders.
27: Drug Abuse and Mental Health.
28: Drug Companies.
29: Eating Disorders.
30: Elder Abuse and Neglect.
31: Electroconvulsive Therapy.
32: Emergency Services.
33: Ethical Issues.
34: Evidence-Based Practice and Outcome Measurement.
35: Family and Mental Illness.
36: Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry.
37: Gambling Addiction.
38: Gender Identity Disorder.
39: Genetics and Mental Health.
40: Group Therapy.
41: History of Mental Health Care.
42: Homelessness and Mental Illness.
43: Hospitalization.
44: Humanistic Theories and Therapies.
45: Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy.
46: Impulse Control Disorders.
47: Insurance and Parity Laws.
48: Intellectual Disability.
49: Internet Gaming Addiction.
50: Involuntary Treatment.
51: Latinos and Mental Health.
52: Learning Disabilities.
53: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Mental Health Issues.
54: Literary Works and Mental Illness.
55: Loss and Gr
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