The term “mental illness” typically elicits a strong response. When most people think of someone with a mental illness, they tend to think of some movie scene of a dimly lit psychiatric hospital with ...

Most of us can discern signs of mental illness when we observe them. Mental illnesses manifest in behaviors that do not appear normal, and which can sometimes cause a risk of harm to self or others.

There is such a thing as mental health, but it is not the same for everyone. It is a subjective good that depends on a person’s own standards.

If anyone is in a position to assess the problems of U.S. psychiatry today, it is Kansas’ Karl Augustus Menninger. He was a co-founder and has long been chief of staff of the Menninger Clinic, the ...