Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-07-06 | Page 8 | Casualties of Machine Age to Get Attention

I Casualties of Machine Age to Get Attention Victims of Shell Sho Shocks Shocks' ks' ks of Civilization Will Be Studied by U. U S. S in Dope War WASHINGTON July 6 5 UP UP- UP Casualties Casualties' of th the thi high tension machine machine ma ma- chine age ge Individuals IndivIdual suffering from shell ho shocks k of civilization will receive attention under a new program just authorized by con con- gross grass This work to be 00 headed by Dr Walter I. I L. L Treadway an assistant surgeon Burgeon general en of the health sec service service ser ser- vice is part of at the this administrations administration's effort to control the narcotic evil It will include administration of ot the tho two narcotic farms authorized by congress congress and lind soon to too bo be built Pas Passage ge by congress recently of oC the bill creating a a sep separate rate bureau of ot narcotics In the treasury also established In the public health ser ser- a distinct division of at mental hygiene 1 with wide powers pow ers The new division has already taken over over su supervision supervision su- su per of the me mental tal difficulties of ot all federal prisoners ExI Explaining tim the importance nce o of the 1 work ln in a preliminary statement Surgeon General Hugh 5 S. S Gumming Cumming said NUMBER INC INCREASING EASING Tho iThe necessity of ot directing ef efforts of- of forts torts toward the prevention of mental disorders tow toward aid aid the conservation conservation con con- sor of ot mental health eulth and toward toward to- to ward ard the amelioration ame of ot adverse mental states Is brought to our our at att attention attention at- at I t Uon by tho the ever ever ver Increasing number of ot persons disorders disorders dis dis- orders seeking aid in public institutions Uon Citing ClUng a increase in insane patients in fUt fifty years to a rate o of for each of ot the population population population tion Cumming Gumming stressed tho the fact that literally millions of persons ure are suffering from froni less serious mental and other troubles that that make life Uta difficult for tor them but which are r readily subject to treatment While tho federal government itself does not plan to to- to establish clinIcs clinics clin din ics for treatment of ot mental disorders disorders ders den pressure will be ro glit on the states J to appropriate funds for such action in n collaboration with tho federal fed fed- eral health agency As the program develops considerable work in the schools is planned to det detect t subnormal sub sub- normal normil persons at an earl early ago ngO adgive and ad give them thorn special care and treat treat- ment moot MALADJUSTMENT Psychiatrists contend that narCotic narcotic narcotic nar nar- cotic addiction chronic alcoholism and other forms oC ot antisocial lal conduct conduct con con- duct are arc largely the tho result 9 of poor mental or emotional l adjustments Inthe in n tho the Individual The normal person person person per per- son it is said aId Is ls not so prone to become an addict of drugs or liquors a as at ho is sufficiently poised not to require such artificial sUnu- sUnu lation In view 0 of at this opinion the tho work worl of at the new mental division is ex expected to havo reaching far results l in reducing the numbers of oC such pers persons ns and also i In lo lowering tho tIm suicide rate It Its Is thought the divorce di dl orce vorce evil evil also ulso must mut respond to such uch a program If It sufficiently