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Show . ABOUT INSANITY . In ia 1a . bulletin bulletm of the National Committee Com Com- Committee Committee - mittee for Mental Hygiene some en- en enllghtenmg eniightening en enlightening - lightening llghtenmg iightening information concerning in- in insanity insanity in insanity - sanity is given , which is not only in- in interestmg interesting in interesting - teresting terestmg teresting , but valuable It mentions a agreat agreat agreat great many false notions held by the thepublic thepublic thepublic public regarding mental disorders , and andgives andgives andgives gives instead of these the results of ofscientific ofscientific ofscientific scientific resefarch resaarch research . Some of the things thmgs science teaches teachestoday teachestoday teachestoday today concerning conoemmg concerting insanity are tliese these : Insanity develops gradually , it is no nomore nomore nomore more to be ashamed of than p pneu pneumonia neu- neu neumonia neumonia - - monia or a broken leg ; it is 15 a disease diseaseand diseaseand diseaseand and should have medical treatment ; between 25 and 40 per cent of those thosetreated thosetreated thosetreated treated are discharged recovered or orimproved orimproved orimproved improved Shock of misfortune or orgrIef orgrief orgrief grIef may precipitate insanity msamty , but butdoes butdoes butdoes does not cause it unless mental dIS- dIS dISorder disorder dis disorder - - order already exists , there are usually usuallysymptoms usuallysymptoms usuallysymptoms symptoms which if recognized recogmzed early earlymay earlymay earlymay may enable physicians to check the theI themalady themalady themalady I malady , there are many kinds kmd's kmds kmdk ' of ofmental ofmental ofmental , mental disorder , . just oust as there are areI aremany aremany aremany many kmds kinds of physical ailments , "ner ner "ner- "nervous "ner- "ner ner "nervous "nervous " - - I vous breakdown ' ' is really a mental mentalcondition mentalcondition mentalcondition I mentalI condition in which there is 15 rarely any any- anythmg anything anything - thing thmg organically org1amcally wiong wlong wrong with the ner- ner nervous nervous ner-vous ner vous - - ; vous systemIn systemIn system systemIn In olden times an insane msane peison pelson person was wassupposed wassupposed wassupposed supposed to be possessed of a devIl deviland , , and the poor wretch was often tor- tor tortured tortured tor tortured - - ! tured to e exorcise ' < orclse corcise the evil spnit Spillt spirit Now Nowi Nowe Nows Nowwe i \\e e s \ \ e know that a crazy person is sImply sImplyI simplysick simplysick I slck sick mentally and needs mtelligent mtelligentand intelligentand and humane treatmentFm treatmentFuithermore treatment treatmentPuithermore Fm Puithermore Fuithermore thelmore , insanity msamty is more or orless orless orless , less comparative Most of us aie ale axe a alittle alittle : little off at tune tunes |
