Thank God for Mental Illness is the fifth album by American neo-psychedelia band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released on October 25, 1996. It was the third of the three critically acclaimed albums released by the band in that year. Anton Newcombe has claimed that the album cost him only $17.36 to make on July 11, 1996. A picture of a crazed-looking Joel Gion appears on the cover. Read more on Last.fm.