Show I Mental Cases Are Increasing Inc easing Jump 50 Per et C pt in last ast Decade Nation Short 1 Of Proper Help WASHINGTON Vi WASHINGTON WASHINGTON- Eight million mUtton Americans nave have mem mental disorders in some ome degree degre derr e Surgeon Gen Thomas Thom Parran estimated in his hi annual aMual report He said ald that the the th nation na na- na nation tion Is I woefully woefully short abort of 01 person person- personnel nel to treat trat them Parran added that mental cases cue now fill All half halt the hospital beds in the country yet our existing hospitals I are Inadequate to care for tor even the most mOlt seriously L LH He H said laid that the number In tarn men tal hospitals had bid Increased 60 GO per percent percent cent In the last lat 10 yean reu Psychiatric disorders he be said Id are becoming increasingly evident as a the cause ClUi of 01 juvenile delinquency end and crime cairns as as wen well as II personal In In- In inefficiency efficiency and We w have hav but a traction fraction of the clinics and outpatient services need need need- needed needed ed to treat mild cases or to care for tor progressive disorders before they ther become e disabling 4 Parran re- re reported re- re ported j t Federal Action Cited Chad Parran Patten sold said d passage pa of the na ass mental health act marked the first east l r large rge scale eale coordinated attack attack on the problem pl blem of 01 provid- provid providing log ing adequate treatment This act authorized authorised construction c of a mental health research earch center and 1114 allowed federal grants to tate states for development devel devel- development of ot mental hygiene services and comics clinics Another step tep he h said ald is I the hos h hoe hoe- s- s pital program approved by the last congress This act provides for federal fed fed- federal eral grunts grants of 79 75 million dollars doUan in each of 01 the next five live years year for hos hoe hospital pital construction In hi the states Par Par- Parran ran has baa announced that he h would ask ark congress to make the first Arst years year appropriations at this session As AI we w have gained victories over the major communicable dis dJ- diseases eases eael Parran Parren said laid conditions such uch as II heart disease dill cancer and diabetes have moved to the fore as causes of death We W are Intensifying our efforts to combat them Economics Unsolved There Then are not nearly enough enough physicians dentists nurses and other health personnel to go 0 around nor enough hospital beds bed and clinics to care can for our minimum needs need Tho Those we w have are unevenly r dis dis- dis so 10 that many areas areu have no doctors docton and no health facilities of rt any 1111 kind And finally we have yet et to solve the economic problems of ot medical care we w have yet to make It pos pea PO sible sib lib for everyone regardless of 01 In in- in Income come com to is obtain the bask basic services needed for tor the protection of 01 his hs own oWn health and that of 01 his hi neighbor These Thes are our basic balic objectives of 01 the futons future |