Public Mental Health

William W. Eaton is professor in the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and former chair of that department. His doctoral training is in sociology. Before coming to Johns Hopkins he was assistant chief, Center for Epidemiologic Studies, National Institute of Mental Health. He was principal collaborator on the NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study, and has authored or coauthored more than 300 articles and chapters, and written or edited nine books, all in the area of psychiatric epidemiology and public mental health.M. Danielle Fallin is Sylvia and Harold Halpert professor and chair of the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with joint appointments in the Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Her doctoral training is in genetic epidemiology. She is Director of the Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She hasauthored or coauthored more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in the area of psychiatric epidemiology and public mental health.

In this short review, I can only briefly communicate the content of the many excellent chapters by choosing some examples to convey the scope of this volume... The authors deserve our appreciation for a masterful volume that will do much to advance understanding of mental health as an essential public health challenge."

• Contributors Preface Introduction Section 1: The Nature of Mental and Behavioral Disorders 1: THE BURDEN OF MENTAL DISORDERSWilliam W. EatonO. Joseph BienvenuGerald Nestadt Heather Volk 2: PSYCHIATRIC NOSOLOGY: APPROACHES TO THE CHARACTERIZATION OF MENTAL DISORDERSPaul NestadtKaren SeymourJames PotashPaul McHugh 3: GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES: CULTURE AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGYJudith K. BassEmily HarozNorman Sartorius Section 2: Methods 4: ASSESSMENT OF DISTRESS, DISORDER, IMPAIRMENT AND NEED IN THE POPULATIONWilliam W. EatonRamin MojtabaiJeannie-Marie S. LeoutsakosJaana Myllyluoma 5: INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE METHODS RELEVANT TO PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTHElizabeth A. StuartJeannie-Marie Sheppard LeoutsakosRashelle MusciAlden GrossRyan M. AndrewsWilliam W. Eaton Section 3: Descriptive Epidemiology 6: THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF MENTAL DISORDERSWilliam W. EatonRonald C. KesslerPreben Bo MortensenKim Roth 7: ADULT MENTAL DISORDERS IN ASSOCIATION WITH SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION, RACE/ETHNICITY, AND SEXUAL & GENDER MINORITY STATUSRenee M. JohnsonSabriya LintonSari ReiserPreben Bo MortensenSilvia MartinsWilliam W. Eaton 8: SUICIDEHolly C. WilcoxDiana ClarkeStephanie G. SmithAdrienne Grzenda William W. Eaton Section 4: Mechanisms of Risk 9: GENES AS A SOURCE OF RISK FOR MENTAL DISORDERSPeter P. ZandiHolly WilcoxYian LinBrion MaherM. Danielle Fallin 10: MENTAL DISORDERS AND THE BRAIN ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN Michelle C. CarlsonAdam SpiraGeorge RebokJoe GalloJeanine ParisiKyle Moored 11: MODELS OF STRESS AND ADAPTING TO RISK: A LIFE-COURSE, DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVEGeorge W. Rebok Catherine P. BradshawHeather E. VolkTamar MendelsonWilliam W. EatonElizabeth J. LetourneauSheppard G. Kellam 12: ADAPTING TO ACUTE CRISISCarla L. StorrDaniel LakinWietse Tol Section 5: The Behavioral Health Care Service System 13: MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND THE LAWDeborah AgusKristin Schneider 14: AMERICAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AFTER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: PERSPECTIVE THROUGH CARE PATTERNS FOR 100 ADULTS, WITH AGGREGATE FACILITY, SERVICE, AND COST ESTIMATESRonald W. ManderscheidVictoria R. GreenAnita EverettPhillip LeafColleen Barry 15: COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE UNITED STATESAnita Everett 16: PATHWAYS TO CARE: NEED, ATTITUDES, BARRIERSRamin MojtabaiWilliam W. EatonSarah Murray 17: MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLDShekhar Saxena Jeremy KaneNoa KrawczykWilliam EatonJudith Bass Section 6: Prevention and the Future 18: THE LOGIC AND PRACTICE OF THE PREVENTION OF MENTAL DISORDERSTamar MendelsonElise T. PasAngela E. Lee-WinnCatherine P. BradshawGeorge W. RebokWallace Mandell 19: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH: PROGRESS MADE BUT MUCH MORE TO BE DONEM. Daniele FallinPhillip J. LeafLaysha OstrowRonald W. ManderscheidDavid L. ShernCalliope HolingueJohannes ThrulPeter ZandiWilliam W. Eaton Index