This commentary traces, groups, and characterizes the significant body of work done in rhetoric and writing studies on mental health(care) issues from when such work first began to appear in print in the mid-1980s up until July 2017 when the article was completed and submitted to RHM for publication in its inaugural issue.

On November 2, 2016, Theresa Jarnagin Enos unexpectedly passed away at her home in Tucson, Arizona, leaving behind a trailblazing legacy of work in writing, teaching, scholarly editing, (wo)mentori...

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