Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Mental health. Mental health -- Wellbeing -- Philosophical aspects of mental health -- Work -- Neuroscience -- Subjective and objective aspects of mental health -- Sadness -- Fear -- Physical health -- Pleasure -- Creativity -- Spirituality -- Public mental health -- Childhood adversity -- Attachment theory -- Mental health promotion.

Part II: Mental abnormality. Psychiatric classification -- Lay views of mental disorders -- The biopsychosocial model -- Madness -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Temporo-spatial aspects of mental abnormality -- Challenging conduct in adults and children -- Self-harm -- Substance misuse -- Intellectual disability -- Causes and consequences of mental health problems -- Trauma -- Psychological formulations -- The myth of mental illness.

Part III: Mental health services. Primary care -- Secondary prevention -- Acute mental health services -- Forensic mental health services -- The mental health service users' movement -- Service-user involvement -- Carers -- Mental health professionals -- Biological interventions -- Psychological interventions -- Economic aspects of mental health -- The quality of mental health care -- Evidence-based practice -- Recovery -- Coercion -- Corruption of care -- Malpractice -- Challenges for practitioners.

Part IV: Mental health and society. Mental health policy -- Segregation -- Eugenics -- Capacity and culpability -- Anti-psychiatry -- Labeling theory -- Stigma -- Social and cultural capital -- Social exclusion -- The mental health impact of social media -- Risks to and from people with mental health problems -- The mass media -- Social models of mental health -- Suicide -- Social class -- Race -- Gender/sex -- Age -- The pharmaceutical industry -- Warfare.