Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
MENTAL DISORDERS
WILL Be STUDIED
in CONCLAVE HERE
World Scientists to Meet in
Concerted Fight on
Insanity.
BOTH RUM AND RELIGION
ARE TO BE DEALT WITH
Poverty and Crime to Be Shown
Results of Society's Failure to
Solve Mind Problems.

Solve Mind Problems.
Mobilization of the world for a uni
fed offensive against the invisible foes
of the brain of man starts here tomor-
row.
Many foreign and American delegates
already are in the city for the sessions
of the first World Congress on Mental
Hygiene, described as an effort to con-
centrate the resources Of all nations
against the increasing insanity, degen-
eracy, poverty and crime which result
from unstable mentality.
The problems are not confined to the
United States. Europe and Asia also
are suffering their crime waves, break
downs in family life and q declining
sense of security.
This is the first international gath
ering devoted entirely to the MIND.
During the next week the mind will
be considered from all viewpoints, from
the religious and philosophical, to the
purely physiological.
Tomorrow win be devoted to regis
tration and organization. Starting
Tuesday there will be three concurrent
scientific group conferences every fore
noon, followed in the afternoon with
discussion meetings. There will be
four evening meetings for the general
public. President Hoover Is honorary
president of the Congress, while the
acting president Is DR.. william A.
White Of st. Elizabeth's Hospital, VINO
has long been q leading American ad-
vocate Of preventive measures.
Mental Remedies Form Keynote.
The keynote of the conference, to be
emphasized both by American ana Tor
eirn deIegates. is that the remedy for
mental troubles is to be found in the
home and school and in other social
institutions rather than in the mental
Among the distinguished foreign
delegates Is DR.. r. Sano, mayor" OF
the worlds only insane city. This is
the settlement of Gheel, near Brussels,
where 5000 mentally afflicted persons,
ranging from the feeble-minded to
those with major psychoses. live quiet,
unrestrained, busy lives. Most OF them
till the soil. The are boarded IN FRI
vate homes, so that they have a large
measure of domestic life instead of the
deadening routine Of an institution.
Li0uOr Problem OuttfncUs
Even countries without dry laws have
iio,,or uroblens. DR.. K. Herman Bou-
man. professor of neurology at the
University Of Amsterdam, VIII present
the results Of experiments on the ef-
feet of liquor on the mind. He is the
leading European authority on the re-
suits Of alcohol.
whether insanity runs in families viii
be presented by one Of the worlds fore
most human geneticists, Prof. Z. Ruoin
of the Kaiser wilhelm Institute OF Ber-
Mental instability, with the dread
harvest of poverty, misery. crime ana
suicide, is gaining ground IN the world.
The magnitude OF the problem tnat
faces the American people will be stress
ed by DR.. Haven Emerson OF tne rev
York College Of Physicians ana sur
geons.
stable individuals find their way TO
hospitals, but they fill warehouses and
prisons. DR., Karl Birnbaum OF Berlin
will tell the conference.
Extreme Intelligence to Be Cited.
Or. Leta s. Hollingsworth Of Column
bia University will call attention 70 the
tremely intelligent children, who, born
into q world controlled by folks with
duller brains, cannot get along.
The problem of bringing agreement
to conflicting schools Of thought VIII
be presented by DR.. Eugen Kahn, pro-
lessor Of psychiatry at the Yale Medical
School.
Mental Recreation 10 Be Discussed.
The problem of recreation for the
mind viii be presented by DR.. r. SOM
mer, professor of psychiatry at the
University of Giessen, Germany, VINO
made special studies Of the mental re-
actions of German troops during the
world War. Ways Of introducing
mental hygiene into the home will be
considered by DR.. D. A. Thorn OF the
Massachusetts, Health Department.
Being a father or mother requires
such q mass of specialized knowledge
that 1t ranks as a profession IN the
eyes of many psychologists. Some OF
the ways of training professional par
ents" win be presented by DR.. Lawson
G. Lowry of the Institute for Child
Guidance, New York City. The strange
conflicts that 60 on In the mind OF the
child will be considered at
a conference led by Mary Chadwick.
Of the British College OF
one Of the most interesting dis
cussions is expected to develop In
led by Prof. A. Eustace
Hayden Of the University Of Chicago
an the religious aspects Of mental
hygiene. Prof. Hayden will introduce
religion as q scientist.
1000 win Attend.
There will be approximately 1000
delegates In attendance, as well as
members Of their families and large
from various nearby tnstt-
buttons. The papers are not to be
read but will be placed In the hands
Of the delegates and form the basis Of
discussion at the group conferences.
visits will be made to local institutions,
including st. Elizabeth'S and Gallinger
Hospitals and various special schools
where psychiatric work is being done.
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