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Show 'Dale Carnegie Emotional Problems ,pEW OF US are so well trained, so well developed that we never suffer from emotional problems. However, most of us have the capacity to solve those problems through force of character," says Dr. Harry J. Johnson, in his book Invitation to Health. Then he goes on to say: "To be mentally well, one must accept and adhere to a standard stand-ard of rijht conduct. Departure from an ethical principle does not insure a mental breakdown; nevertheless, to the extent that one dc;ai Ls from a right standard, to that extent he injures his mental hcr.".!.h. 4 i "If you c: "sider the counsel of the ten com- ; mandmcnts. it is c-r.sy to believe that anyone who accepts and lives up to them is a person in good mental hcai h. ; "Religion provides to a majority of the population pop-ulation a standard of conduct which, when accepted ac-cepted and lived up to, is conducive to keeping one in mental health. The fact that some mentally ill persons express their warped state in religious fancies of hysteria should in no way reflect against religion. "If one is so emotionally disturbed cm that he can't help himself and finds it nec- essary to seek outside help, it is well to get Carnegie the advice of a physician trained in the field of psychiatry. "A psychiatrist is, first of all, a physician who has been trained in the fundamentals of medical diagnosis and healing. He then i studies to become a specialist in diseases of the mind. He is like medical specialists in other fields; like an ophthalmologist, who is a physician specializing in diseases of the eye; or like an otologist, who is a physician specializing in diseases of the ear. The point to remember is that, first of all, the psychiatrist is a physician. A battle he has been fighting these long years has been to persuade the public that mental disease exists before the breakdown stage. Today it is pretty well accepted that a person may be mentally ill but seldom so ill that he must be institutionalized." This book is so full of good advice that I advise you to read it. You will derive benefit even though you may not be emotionally emotion-ally disturbed. |