Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-05
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
MAN TELLS OF ADVANTAGES
Mental Disorders Which May Lead to
Insanity Can Be Successfully Com
aassed Under Proper ConoitIons-Or.
Barrett Speaks Before Meeting Of
State Institutional Superintenosnis.
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Functions Of ros1itai.
The functions 81 The SLa;e psychic
paine Ausp.la. may - embraced in
are divisions d: activities.
-F4-s.-Tae observation and lTea.-
-1zE- O: patients These -s1ou.G ue d
Ez.-ced from d.. PAL u ne STATE. The
Gosq.ia! shclG. Limit - admission -
,ne-ras disorders i. tae early phase and
- cas-. having peE2.-x.ng problems
TO- .l!aE1eS.s. !, should exclude as
lar - Y"ss.o.e cases whose problem
IS t1a. - custody and VINO a. the QUIZ
-, u:fe- no hope ot benefit from
treatment. \ considerable number Of
It's adm ssions should Je the indiv!t-
ua.s both juvenile and adult who arr
matters Of concz-- 70 social welfare or
! eaniza,cas. to the juvenile courts and
/ "a probation officers. Il should under
! lake the observation Of individuals
| wto are. accused % crime but WHOSE
! mental responsibility Is in doubt.
! Conditions surrounding the adnis-
sion 20 the psychopathic hospital
should be as free as possible from for
malities. Voluntary admissions should
/ he encouraged and all commitments TO
! the hospital should De by an order for
| temporary observation. Patients dis
! charged from the hospita. would De re-
I turned to their families or 10 the state
/ hospitals for the insane.
"Second-The second function OF the
| state psychopathic hospital would be
! research and investigation. In this, al.
| problems related 70 the pathology OF
( mental disorders and 10 their causat!on
! ard prevention should be attacked The
! hospital should be we'll provided with
/ laboratories under the charge OF com
petent workers 1t is not sufficient that
| Investigations be limited 10 the clinica.
/ and la boratOry aspects Of insanity and
mental diseases. The source and con-
/ ttnuance Of these conditions lie for ths
I greater part outside Of institutiona
control They are intimately related :.
! the life and customs Of the people o.
the state. knowledge leading 10 thei!
| prevention must come from wide va
| r!ey of fields.
'Third-The third function Of tbs
psychopathic hospital is instruction o.
medical students. No medical schoo
without a special institution Of th'
character of a psychopathic hosp!ta
car adequately prepare its graduate:
c2r the practice Of medicine. Instruc-
non in mental diseases has been IA!
less efficient than that OF otnel
branches Of medicine. The hope o.
recovery from mental diseases lies /!
the recognition of abnormaiities whict
ieaG 20 their late~ development. Efec'
tive efforts towards The pscl cation o.
insanity can only come wb":: the prac'
ticing physician is informed as to thei'
causes and is skilled in their diagnosis
..Fourth-Tne fourth division IS tina
Of social service. This 80 distinctly
modern feature of hospital work am
one in which the psychopa.hic hospita
may be of great service. Under thi
head are included activities Of the hos
pitaI which lie outside Of its walls
These consist of TIC direction OF ser
v-ces fO- out patients both at the hos
pitsl and in centers CT larger popuia
ton lhruout the state; Investigation
anon: the families of the patients: su
pe1vision of discharged patients: ed
ucatlonal efforts TO- me dissemination
of knowledge among the public as t
the nature Of mental disorders an
th"ir prevention. II This work Their
| should be cooperation with local or
ganizations interested in social welfar
work
!. "Fifth-Co- operative work with tn
= state hospitals for the insane. Thu
would be thru the interchange Of patti
ents between the two types Of institu
tions: thru the development Of central
lied la laboratory work; and thru tn
maintenance OF coherent policy il tn
attack which the state is making upo
the cause and prevention Of insanity.
/ ITO establish such an institution
| liUeraI appropriation should be mad
| and the organization provided with
| that it needs to successfully carry OF
it's purposes It's field Of work not onl
| concerns the present but the future.
l offers the most Tatioaa! way OF al
proach in solving the problem of in
creasing mental and nervous disorder
1t is inevitable that IL this institutio
be established that the future problem
Of insanity and mental abnormaliti'
will be less urgent and in the preseI
time a new spirit will govern our att
tude towards insanity and its social r.
lations.'
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