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Show (-orM)iNAiy Mr People im GUARDS SOLDIERS' MENTAL HEALTH 1 Each base hospital sent abroad i with n neuropsychopathic unit. Tho 5. ' nntlonnl committee for mentnl hygleno v",J"3"'3 is In charge of tho work. Dr. Thomas p$ ' W. Salmon, tho medical director of tho iffy vv committee, Is now in Europo studying E&A t H conditions, bo that tho psychiatric or- lyf$ .v(HJ gnnlzntlons hero may hnvo the ndvan- WXfc'-V VM toga of tho Intcst cxperlenco of tho nKFB 'MlRfc lH units nt tlio war front. A letter from iT ? ' Wi Doctor Salmon, received nt tho head- Bk'. ' 9 quarters of tho commltteo In Now York HBK V "I am convinced that wo nro pro- WJRSSSHt j vldlng far too few beds for actual war Hrr, ?y .conditions. This Is entirely true of tjJ " ."A base hospitals gencrnlly, but It Is cs- H Jfrgfc'W peclally true of tho accommodations hHH CT f for mental nnd nervous cases. A Brit- k jL HHHw Ish nrmy division consists 40,000 BBHBBV A AHHHJ and has a bnso hospital of 1,000 BBBBHrl'BBBBl beds, which can bo oxpanded to twlco k 5BHBHp number. This rutlo Is consider- BjHHHVHHd' HHvHP nbly Jarger than that provided by tho I mm . gj United States 'regulations. I havo no doubt Hint 80 beds will bo sufficient nt tho concentration camps inrtho United States, but In Frnnco wo shall havo to count upon prbvldlng moro beds nnd possibly a few moro medical officers. "Tho extent of theso casualties Is almost beyond belief. I havo not yet had access to tho official records, but apparently tho neuroses constituto ono of tho most formidable problems of modern war. I shall havo lnnumorablo Instances showing how ineffective ordinary treatment is in theso cases and how much can bo accomplished from sufficient treatment by psychiatrists and neurologists when they havo early access to their patients and somo special facilities." |