The past few decades have seen a virtual explosion of scientific research in the area of cognition, emotions, suffering, and mental states in animals. Studies in the field, laboratory, and clinical medical practice have amassed an overwhelming body of evidence demonstrating that mental well-being is of paramount importance in all aspects of animal care. There is no longer any reasonable doubt among researchers that mental health is of equal importance as physical health and animal well-being. Recent research convincingly shows that physical health is strongly influenced by mental states, thereby making it clear that effective health care requires attention to the emotional well-being as well as physical. Yet, for its vast importance, mental health in veterinary medicine has to date not been compiled and structured into an organized field or body of knowledge. This information, so critical to the formal establishment of the field of mental health and well-being in animals, remains scattered throughout a wide array of scientific journals. This book represents the first authoritative reference text bringing together the most up-to-date information in the variety of subjects comprising the field of mental health and well-being in animals. Bringing together a host of distinguished experts internationally noted in the fields of animal emotion research, animal behavior, cognitive science, and neuroscience, the book represents the first authoritative reference compiling the diverse information on the animal mind and combining the revolutionary advances in the cognitive sciences with the knowledge in veterinary medicine and clinical animal behavior. This book takes a descriptive and proscriptive approach to mental health, mixing the scientific research with practical information with clinical applications for veterinary health professionals to use in practice.

The past few decades have seen a virtual explosion of scientificresearch in the area of cognition, emotions, suffering, and mentalstates in animals. Studies in the field, laboratory, and clinicalmedical practice have amassed an overwhelming body of evidencedemonstrating that mental well-being is of paramount importance inall aspects of animal care. There is no longer any reasonable doubtamong researchers that mental health is of equal importance asphysical health and animal well-being.Recent research convincingly shows that physical health isstrongly influenced by mental states, thereby making it clear thateffective health care requires attention to the emotionalwell-being as well as physical. Yet, for its vast importance,mental health in veterinary medicine has to date not been compiledand structured into an organized field or body of knowledge. Thisinformation, so critical to the formal establishment of the fieldof mental health and well-being in animals, remains scatteredthroughout a wide array of scientific journals.
This book represents the first authoritative reference textbringing together the most up-to-date information in the variety ofsubjects comprising the field of mental health and well-being inanimals.
Bringing together a host of distinguished expertsinternationally noted in the fields of animal emotion research,animal behavior, cognitive science, and neuroscience, the bookrepresents the first authoritative reference compiling the diverseinformation on the animal mind and combining the revolutionaryadvances in the cognitive sciences with the knowledge in veterinarymedicine and clinical animal behavior. This book takes adescriptive and proscriptive approach to mental health, mixing thescientific research with practical information with clinicalapplications for veterinary health professionals to use inpractice.

Contributors.
Preface.
Foreword (Roger S. Fouts).
Part I: Foundations of Animal Mental Health andWell-Being.
1. On Understanding Animal Mentation (Bernard E. Rollin).
2. The Question of Animal Emotions: An Ethological Perspective(Marc Bekoff).
3. The Experience of Pleasure in Animals (Michel Cabanac).
4. The Science of Suffering (Marian Stamp Dawkins).
5. Affective-Social Neuroscience Approaches o Understanding CoreEmotional Feelings in Animals (Jaak Panksepp).
Part II: Emotional Distress, Suffering, and MentalIllness.
6. Animal Boredom: Understanding the Tedium of Confined Lives(Francoise Wemelsfelder).
7. Stress, Distress, and Emotion: Distinctions and Implicationsfor Mental Well-Being (Franklin D. McMillan).
8. Interrelationships Between Mental and Physical Health: TheMind-Body Connection (Michael W. Fox).
9. Mental Illness in Animals-The Need for Precision inTerminology and Diagnostic Criteria (Karen L. Overall).
10. Treatment of Emotional Distress andDisorders-Non-Pharmacologic Methods (John C. Wright, Pamela J. Reidand Zack Rozier).
11. Treatment of Emotional Distress and Disorders-PharmacologicMethods (Amy R. Marder and J. Michelle Posate).
12. Emotional Maltreatment in Animals (Franklin D.McMIllan).
Part III: Mental Wellness.
13. The Concept of Quality of Life in Animals (Franklin D.McMillan).
14. Giving Power to Animals (Hal Markowitz and KatherineEckert).
15. Psychological Well-Being in Animals (Suzanne Hetts, DanEstep, Amy R. Marder).
16. Do Animals Experience True Happiness (Franklin D.McMillan).
17. Animal Happiness: A Philosophical View (Bernard e.Rollin).
Part IV: Special Populations.
18. Mental Well-Being in Farm Animals: How They Think and Feel(Temple Grandin).
19. The Mental Health of Laboratory Animals (Lesley King andAndrew N. Rowan).
20. Animal Well-Being and Research Outcomes (Hal Markowitz andGregory B. Timmel).
21. Mental Health Issues in Captive Birds (Lynne Seibert).
Index.