Series foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section 1 : Background of mental illness -- What is mental illness? -- Mental illnesses : diagnosis and description -- Treatment approaches to mental illness -- Scientific discoveries and advances : twentieth-century developments -- Section 2 : Controversies and issues surrounding mental illness -- Validity of the biomedical model of mental illness : does mental illness exist? -- Political acts and legal issues : protection or discrimination? -- Treatment : when does it help? When does it hurt? -- Insurance : who pays and at what price? -- Section 3 : References and resources -- Annotated primary documents -- Mental illness timeline -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index.