Includes bibliographical references and index.

The burden of mental disorders / William W. Eaton [and others] -- The perspectives of psychiatry : the public health approach / Paul McHugh -- Global mental health issues : culture and psychopathology / Judith K. Bass [and others] -- Assessment of distress, disorder, impairment, and need in the population / William W. Eaton [and others] -- An introduction to quantitative methods especially relevant for public mental health / Elizabeth A. Stuart [and others] -- The population dynamics of mental disorders / William W. Eaton [and others] -- The relationship of adult mental disorders to race, socioeconomic status, marital status, and urbanicity of residence / Silvia S. Martins [and others] -- Genes as a source of risk for mental disorders / Peter P. Zandi, Brion Maher -- Mental disorders across the life span and the role of executive function networks / Michelle C. Carlson, Dana Eldreth, Yi-Fang Chuang -- Models of stress and adapting to risk : a life-course, developmental perspective / Catherine P. Bradshaw [and others] -- Adapting to acute crisis / Carla L. Storr [and others] -- Mental health and the law / Deborah Agus -- American mental health services : perspective through care patterns for 100 adults, with aggregate facility, service and cost estimates / Ronald W. Manderscheid [and others] -- Community and public mental health services in the U.S. : history and programs / Anita Everett, Su Yeon Lee -- Pathways to care : need, attitudes, barriers / Ramin Mojtabai, William W. Eaton, Pallab K. Maulik -- Mental health systems around the world / Shekhar Saxena [and others] -- The logic and practice of the prevention of mental disorders / Tamar Mendelson [and others] -- Progress made, but much more to be done / Phillip Leaf [and others].