The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-14

It sa1hered vast stores OF 1nforma-
ton as to abuses and as to right
methods OF conducting the tnstftu-
tons. An this Information, and the
advice Of the experts Of the commit
tee, are free for the asking to who
ever Is so engaged
| "A piece OF work has just been
concluded in South Carolina which
illustrates the usefulness OF this pro-
gram That state found itself nm
satisfied with the conditions under
which It's insane people were being
held. It asked the committee toI
make survey OF its Institutions. to-
to inaugurate better methods In
the end it remodeled its whole sys-
tenn IN accordance with the findings
and advice Of the national commit
tee for mental hygiene. and is on the
way to conditions that approach the
ideal.
If the insane person Is to be merely
locked Up until death comes. the
problem Is a difficult one. but largely
IL anything is to be done for the
disordered nind-f it is to be StveEi
an opportunity to be led back to-
health-there is the crying need Cor
the development Of men who are COM
petent doctors OF sick minds. There
are few such IN the nation and most
Of these are IN the cities where they
are receiving large fees and getting
more practice than it is. possible Tor
them to handle. One Of the funda-
mental purposes of the national COM
nittee for mental hygiene Is to In
, duce medical colleges to give 1t Al
place In their courses.
The plan is. then, to go back Of
the insane asylum. and to prevent
the individual from ever reaching 1t
DIR. William A. White. superintendent
insane at Washington, points out a
large number Of classes OF tndtvl-
duals who need mental hygiene to
straighten them out into useful citi-
zenship and prevent their reaching
the asylum toward which they are
bound. There Is the Individual who
is unable to Seach an emotional calm
after the death of a relative. II
is his mind that needs but a bit OF
understanding treatment. There is
the Individual who Is discharged by
his employer, perhaps unjust1y, and
allows the wrong that has been done
him to wrankle in his brain There
is the young woman who becomes
hystericaI and cannot regain control
of herself purely mental state
These require the most skiIlful treat
~ and I1sefuiness and that an insti-
triton NAV he relieved Of the burden
IF caring for them until their deaths
Physicians should have the training
that woIlId make them competent to
deal with these cases
There is the case of the man who
loses his job and who becomes I'M
able to support his family This man
yerv often get sick. becomes bedrid-
der, There is nothing physically the
matter with him. He has subcon-y
scjonslv made himself i'll that he
Toieht i11s+ify himself for not work
ing He cannot even confess this
fact to hiNsself or his Justification
would be gone. He needs the mind
doctor. There is the individual who
has assigned himself a task OF which
he is rnentaIly fncapable. He has
tried to be professional man when
he was CAPABLE of being only a clerk,
or to be a clerk when his intelligence
was only mn to the Grade of an un-.
skilled 1aborer. He needs adjust
ment by being placid on the right
track by the mind doctor. He Nigh.
inns he saved the asylum.
duais who have dificulty in souar-
Ing with the events of every day life,
Who have gained faulty viewpoints.
have acouired vicious habits OF
+boneht false and impossible ambi-
+ions in+ensf+ies Of preiudfce inabiIf-
ties of adjustment. There is. for
instance the habitual fault finder
who drifts always further into the
hshit IInriJ he becomes deransed.
Tbera ;s r1,a va;fe Of the man who is
welI-to-do Eyev need NAV be sup
nIjel7 bette,- Nv purchase Than in her
boIna There are SERVANTS to do her
honsawork She NAV have no social