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Show ! \ Mental \iental iental Disease StrikesAll Strikes StrikesAll . All Equally , Test ShowsAlbany Shows ShowsAlbany Albany , N . Y . - - - Foreign- Foreign Foreignborn Foreignborn Foreign-born Foreign born - born persons in New York state statearc statearc stateare arc no more subject to mental mentaldisease mentaldisease mentaldisease disease than are native Ameri Ameri- Americans Americans Americans - cans , ifallowance if allowance is made for fordIfference fordifference fordifference dIfference in age andenviron and environ environ- environment environment environment - ment , , reports Dr . Benjamin BenjaminMalzberg BenjaminMalzberg BenjaminMalzberg Malzberg , of the New York YorkState YorkState YorkState State Department of Mental MentalHygiene MentalHygiene MentalHygiene : Hygiene , , in the AmericanJournal American AmericanJournal AmericanJournal Journal Journalof of Psychiatry . Although the average averago annual annualrates annualrates annualrates rates of ot first admissions ndmlSSlons to mentalhospitals mental mentalhospitals mentalhospitals hospitals seem to indicate indlcate that the thecases thecases thecases cases of at mental disease among for- for foreign foreign tor"eign toreign " - eign born are twice tWlce as nwnerous numerous numerousas nwnerousas as among native Americans Amerlcans , these thesefigures thesefigures thesefigures figures are arc misleading mlslcadmg , , . Dr . . Malz Malz- Malzbcrg Malzberg - berg bcrg declares dcclares The foreign bornare born bornare bornare are older , on the average , , than tha the thanatIves thenatives thanatives natIves and conse consequently uent1y have hadmore had | more chance to develop devclop mental dis- dis dls- dls dlsNlse disease - 1 1more Nlse ease . . |
