| Show I T Po Pointers ousters on 1 P Prevention 1 6 pile file Thile the curing of mental ail- ail has reached the highest point ar history nevertheless it must be that many mental fries sTes bl s are not cured by our present j i including the shock treat- treat nt t. t eTy should there not be some of preventing the develop- develop nt lit t of mental ailments or pre- pre those with a tendency tord tod to- to rd d mental ailments becoming j patients oday day we see smallpox 1 1 scarlet fever pernicious anea anes ane- ane Pi a s typhoid fever diabetes pre- pre Tf ted ed or controlled Why cannot tal ailments be prevented pard par- par d at arlY in the young just as Jia ria and scarlet fever are pre- pre ted nf an an article in Boston Number of t Medical Clinics of North Ameri- Ameri Dr Merrill Moore in pointing t I what psychiatry can do to pre- pre i it lt neurosis patients neurosis patients whose odd savior vior symptoms are not due to w. w 1 organic cause no change in iii structure structure says says Parents should not overexcite I ir children y U Children should be taught to tox jax x and to concentrate put their ds s intently on a subject when 1 essary JI Parents should remember that dren ren are not their playthings to poked and tossed about J Children are assets raising tm em is is s a serious business I. I Parents should give th their chilin chil- chil r r n a sense of r security in the own small world Fl All along the production line parent should guide the child jl d try not to let him go off the rick j k- k jck k of normal development For ample it is important for a boy boyto to keep abreast of his gup u p and be able to do what his 1 Bends ends can do in do-in in school play- play Hund or elsewhere even elsewhere even if a lit- lit extra coaching is necessary This events events an inferiority complex If hild does not hold his own in his fm i world he may slink off on the felines lines and become critical or de de- de- de He may then more easi- easi rb a neurotic or an alcoholic k |
