Show One in 25 Persons Due for Due for Insa Insane e Asylum Doctor r Says BY sly Y ALEXANDER XE NEA Sen Service Ice Staff start Writer NEW One U. One out of ot every twenty five adults in the United States is marked fo for an Insane in insane insane In- In sane asylum or hospi hospital al for mental disease Two hundred and tift fifty thousand are within five years of ot the stats stat hospitals Some of of these are very ery close close close-a. a week a mon mon- month six Rix months a year Jear but but every one ane before five years ears Nothing but buta a miracle will stop it it- it And there will wll be no miracle Such are the he views of ot a man who Is one 0 of the country's greatest authorities authorities au au- on m mental dl disease lase Dr E. E Williams-medical Williams Williams medical di director director director di- di rector of the national committee for tor formental formental mental hygiene Yet e there is no need worrying or or science eee Is m making i rapid strides f f 0 o cut down the toll reaped by the Inroads of mental disease Many forms torms 0 of mental disease ase are now curable a a. very large proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion is preventable says Dr Williams Many lany of Its patients re recover recover reo re- cover and become as well as they ev ever were e But u the disease must be caught aught in time Insanity never coa comes s on suddenly sudden sudden- ly People dont don't go crazed by grief or 01 sudden disaster Los Loss Of f business or disappointment ment in love do not in iri themselves make a person in in- in sane u ThesA sudden shocks are merely I precipitating precipitating- factors In an ailment I that probably has been a. a aloner long loner time I In development nt j The time to start watching this this- development is in childhood Pe- Pe 1 oddities queerness ss of makeup should be reported to ta the family physician The boy who Is t extremely good who Is never Tate rate for Sunday school who never Is a atrial atrial atrial trial to his parents Is not n necessarily ces- ces a mentally healthy boy To prevent a a. serious maladjustment later he may need more at attention than his young Joung cousin who Is the terror of the town Parents who want to keep kep their children from developing mental troubles can take these pointers from Dr Williams 1 Never frighten en your our children 2 2 Give them an opportunity for self 3 3 Never shame them Shame Is not a healthy emotion to bring Into the life of a child 4 Keep from making them self- self conscious before others 5 6 Dont Don't lie Ue to your abou about Important matters rs especially I about the matter matte of sex 6 6 Keep your our children from de tie tie- vel feelings of Inferiority 7 7 Punish your children If they need It But make the punishment prompt reasonable and fair S S. S Let them develop hobbles hobbies he healthful healthful hh f o outlet fe o of normal l persons r 9 Help he hC children maintain their own self A parent who gains control over his child by breaking Its spirits adds Dr Williams Is an unworthy parent and one who has contributed contributed contributed contrib contrib- to making mental diseases the largest public health problem In the coun country ry toda today One of the chief factors f t t Is helping combat this me mC meus us problem is the change In the nubile attitude toward the Insane victim No longer Is it a disgrace to o have havea a II mental disease says Dr Williams It is recognized that often It Is Ismore Ismore ismore more creditable ble to have a mental disease than heart disease It Is s being g recognized F that JI many of th the inmates of state hospitals are moral heroes who unable to maintain maintain- without compromise the moral standards of life Ufe they had set for themselves are gamely paying the price i- i Vt- Vt p 5 6 I F S t. t uri nfl r F. F n. n WILLIAMS |