Introduction: Mental health in an age of fracturePart 1. The health legacy of the 1970s 1 Health debates at the bicentennial 2 Wounds and memories of war 3 Addiction and the war on drugs 4 Dementia and the language of agingPart 2. Health voices of the 1980s and 1990s 5 Developmental disabilities beyond the empty fortress 6 Body image, anorexia, and the mass media 7 Disorders of mood and identity 8 Mental health at the millennium conclusion: New voices, New communities