Part 1: Foundational Issues of Animal Mental Health and Well-being
1: Mental Health in Animals: A Veterinary Behaviorist’s View — Debra F. Horwitz
2: The Problems with Well-Being Terminology — Franklin D. McMillan, James W. Yeates
3: The Philosophical and Biological Evolution of Feelings in Well-being — Ian J.H. Duncan
4: The Relationship Between Mental and Physical Health — Melissa Bain, C. A. Tony Buffington
Part 2: The Pleasant Experiences: Mental Wellness
5: Moving Beyond a Problem-based Focus on Poor Animal Welfare Towards Creating Opportunities to Have Positive Welfare Experiences — David J. Mellor, Ngaio J. Beausoleil
6: The Mental Health and Well-being Benefits of Personal Control in Animals — Franklin D. McMillan
7: Quality of Life of Animals in Veterinary Medical Practice — James W. Yeates
8: The Mental Health and Well-Being Benefits of Social Contact and Social Support in Animals — Franklin D. McMillan
9: Subjective Well-being, Happiness, and Personality in Animals — Alexander Weiss, Lauren M. Robinson
10: Fostering Mental and Behavioral Wellness During Upbringing and Throughout Life — Daniel Q. Estep, Suzanne Hetts
Part 3: The Unpleasant Experiences: Distress, Suffering, and Mental Illness
11: What Is Distress? A Complex Answer to a Simple Question — Franklin D. McMillan
12: Suffering, Agency, and the Bayesian Mind — Daniel M. Weary
13: Mental Illness in Animals: Diagnostic Considerations Using Selected Mental Disorders — Karen L. Overall
14: Psychological Trauma and Posttraumatic Psychopathology in Animals — Franklin D. McMillan
Part 4: Mental Health Issues in Special Populations
15: Cognitive and Emotional Disorders in the Aging Pet — Jacqueline Wilhelmy, Gary Landsberg
16: Mental Health Issues in Farm Animals: A Music Mixing Board Model of Behavioral Characteristics Using The Panksepp Emotional System — Temple Grandin
17: Mental Health Issues in the Horse — Daniel S. Mills, Claire Ricci-Bonot, Sophie S. Hall
18: Mental Health Issues in Shelter Animals — Victoria Cussen, Pamela J. Reid
19: The Mental Health of Laboratory Animals — Carine Elkhoraibi, Amy Robinson-Junker, Gina Alvino, Larry Carbone
20: Mental Health Issues in Captive Birds — Lynne M. Seibert
21: Psychological Well-Being in Zoo Animals — David Shepherdson, Kathy Carlstead
22: Mental Health Issues in Captive Cetaceans — Lori Marino
Part 5: Assessment and Management of Emotional Distress and Disorders
23: Assessing Affective States in Animals — Michael Mendl, Elizabeth S. Paul
24: Treatment of Emotional Distress and Disorders – Non-Pharmacologic Methods — Pamela J. Reid
25: Treatment of Emotional Distress and Disorders – Pharmacologic Methods — Sharon Crowell-Davis