Table of Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Introduction -- Historical Timeline -- 1. The Colonial Mind -- Mental Health and Wellness in Early America (1620-1790) -- 2. The Puzzle of Addiction -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health (1784-Present) -- 3. The Great Reformer -- Dorothea Dix and the Mental Health Reform Movement (1840-1900) -- 4. Hysterical Science -- The Patriarchic Pseudoscience of Hysteria (1880-1930) -- 5. American Idiots -- Intellectual Disability, Immigration, and American Culture (1882-1917) -- 6. Between the Bars -- Nellie Bly and the Asylum Investigation (1887-1909) -- 7. Selective Breeding -- Eugenics and the Effort to Eliminate Mental Illness (1896-1970) -- 8. The Analysis Revolution -- Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (1900-Present) -- 9. Cleaning up the Mind -- The Mental Hygiene Movement (1908-Present) -- 10. The Fractured Mind -- The Mysteries of Schizophrenia and MPD (1946-Present) -- 11. Shock and Awe -- The Curious History of Electro-Shock Therapy (1934-Present) -- 12. Tinkering with the Brain -- The Invention and Spread of the Lobotomy (1935-1950) -- 13. Medicating the Problem -- The Invention of Anti-Psychotic Medications (1949-Present) -- 14. The Biology of Depression -- The Anti-Depressant Revolution (1952-Present) -- 15. Psychedelic Solutions -- Psychedelic Drugs and Mental Health Treatment (1954-Present) -- 16. Modifying Behavior -- Behavioral Therapy and the Influence of Science (1959-Present) -- 17. Criminal Competency -- Competency and Criminal Responsibility (1960-Present) -- 18. Deinstitutionalization -- Shifting Treatment to Outpatient Care (1965-Present) -- 19. Involuntary Commitment -- Institutionalization and Civil Liberties (1975-Present) -- 20. The Insanity Defense -- Mental Illness and Criminal Culpability (1978-Present) -- 21. Think of the Children -- Childhood Mental Illness History (1975-Present).

22. Homelessness and Mental Health -- America's Long Term Struggle with Homelessness (1980-Present) -- 23. Traumatic Stress -- From Shell Shock to Traumatic Stress Disorders (1980-Present) -- 24. Suicide and the Right to Die -- Suicide and Public Health (1985-Present) -- 25. Mental Health and Justice -- Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System (1994-Present) -- 26. Investigating the Spectrum -- Autism in American Culture (2013-Present) -- 27. The Sex and Gender Debate -- Mental Health, Sexuality, and Gender (2013-Present) -- 28. A Uniquely American Problem -- Gun Violence and Mental Health (2016-Present) -- 29. Conclusion -- The More Things Change -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Primary and Secondary Sources -- Glossary -- Historical Snapshots -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.