David Pilgrim is Honorary Professor of Health and Social Policy, University of Liverpool, UK and Visiting Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Southampton. After training and working as a clinical psychologist he completed a PhD examining psychotherapy in the organisational setting of the British NHS. He then went on to complete a Master's in sociology. He has worked at the boundary between clinical psychology and medical sociology for the past 20 years and has produced over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals, based upon his research into mental health policy and practice. His years working in the British NHS provided him with extensive everyday experience of the theoretical and policy aspects of mental health expressed in practical settings. One of his books, A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (3rd edition, Open University Press, 2005), co-authored with Anne Rogers, won the British Medical Association's medical book of the year award for 2006. Currently he is writing a book on child sexual abuse and public policy.

Part 1: Mental Health
Chapter 1: Mental Health
Chapter 2: Wellbeing
Chapter 3: Philosophical Aspects of Mental Health
Chapter 4: Work
Chapter 5: Neuroscience
Chapter 6: Subjective and Objective Aspects of Mental Health
Chapter 7: Sadness
Chapter 8: Fear
Chapter 9: Physical Health
Chapter 10: Pleasure
Chapter 11: Creativity
Chapter 12: Spirituality
Chapter 13: Public Mental Health
Chapter 14: Childhood Adversity
Chapter 15: Attachment Theory
Chapter 16: Mental Health Promotion
Part 2: Mental Abnormality
Chapter 17: Psychiatric Classification
Chapter 18: Lay Views of Mental Disorders
Chapter 19: The Biopsychosocial Model
Chapter 20: Madness
Chapter 21: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Chapter 22: Temporo-Spatial Aspects of Mental Abnormality
Chapter 23: Challenging Conduct in Adults and Children
Chapter 24: Self-harm
Chapter 25: Substance Misuse
Chapter 26: Intellectual Disability
Chapter 27: Causes and Consequences of Mental Health Problems
Chapter 28: Trauma
Chapter 29: Psychological Formulations
Chapter 30: The Myth of Mental Illness
Part 3: Mental Health Services
Chapter 31: Primary Care
Chapter 32: Secondary Prevention
Chapter 33: Acute Mental Health Services
Chapter 34: Forensic Mental Health Services
Chapter 35: The Mental Health Service Users' Movement
Chapter 36: Service-user Involvement
Chapter 37: Carers
Chapter 38: Mental Health Professionals
Chapter 39: Biological Interventions
Chapter 40: Psychological Interventions
Chapter 41: Economic Aspects of Mental Health
Chapter 42: The Quality of Mental Health Care
Chapter 43: Evidence-based Practice
Chapter 44: Recovery
Chapter 45: Coercion
Chapter 46: Corruption of Care
Chapter 47: Malpractice
Chapter 48: Challenges for Practitioners
Part 4: Mental Health and Society
Chapter 49: Mental Health Policy
Chapter 50: Segregation
Chapter 51: Eugenics
Chapter 52: Capacity and Culpability
Chapter 53: Anti-psychiatry
Chapter 54: Labelling Theory
Chapter 55: Stigma
Chapter 56: Social and Cultural Capital
Chapter 57: Social Exclusion
Chapter 58: Social networks and mental health
Chapter 59: Loneliness
Chapter 60: The Mental Health Impact of Social Media
Chapter 61: Risks to and from People with Mental Health Problems
Chapter 62: The Mass Media
Chapter 63: Social Models of Mental Health
Chapter 64: Suicide
Chapter 65: Social Class
Chapter 66: Race
Chapter 67: Gender/Sex
Chapter 68: Age
Chapter 69: The Pharmaceutical Industry
Chapter 70: Warfare