Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-02-05 | Page 7 | Mental Hygiene Plans Revealed

1 l I MENTAL HYGIENE I II PLANS REVEALED I International International Committee Favored to Promote Scientific Scientific Scientific Care of Insane New Nett- York Feb Fb 4 Plans Plans for far the or- or of or an inte International committee commit commit- tee teo for mental l hygiene designed to bring bring- about about n n. scientific system of ot treating tho Insane minded feeble paupers paupers pau pat J pers criminals md and dependents were announced hero today after a Joint meeting of ot tho the national committee for formental formental mental hygiene of ot the United States tates and the Canadian national committee Receptively of or public opinion for new Ideas ideas- engendered by br th the tho war It was watS declared made mado the line present an a admirable admirable able ablo time LImo for tor the tho spread of ot the comparatively comparatively com com- new school of ot it was announced that steps sep would bo be taken at ot once to bring about organization in European E countries of or national committees s for mental montal hygiene hy hy- hygiene giene with ultimate organization Coran for Cor foran foran an international commit committee tee Clifford 1 V. W Beers founder and see sec rolar rotary of or the American committee which was organized In 1900 proposed cd th tits tho International movement reviewing re th the tho accomplishments of or the tha American committee with special attention to the tho pro progress made maclo during tho the war Recommendations of or the committees committee's war gar work committee of which Dr Charles L L. Dana Dan of or New cw York Is chairman chair chair- chairman ma man resulted he said In tho the establishment establishment b- b b by Surgeon General Gorgas of the United d Sta States Stales les arm army of or orn in to army division dJ of or neurology and nd psychiatry try The Tho w work of or this division In France Franc under Col Thomas AV V Salmon almon m medical director of ot the national commission ho asserted had resulted In remarkable cures of 01 war neurosis or shell shock Tho The division In America Amelica working under Col Pearce Bailey Baile he had or organized a system of or mental examinations ex examinations ex- ex lIons for American troops which resulted In tho the rejection of or men lion thousands of or whom probably would have ha succumbed to shell shock tad aad lath th they thay j. j been taken Into Inlo the army At the same time Mr Beer Deer said s. valuable valuable val val- ua work worle has lias leen dono b by the tho ni na committee In Improving hospital care caie and treatment of Af r the tho j In to civilian life lite In studying tho the psychopathology psychopathology psycho- psycho pathology of or crime at Sing Sing prison in dealing with the problem of or feeblemindedness feeble feeble- mindedness arid and in educational l publicity pUblic public- it ity