Evening star., 1935-05-12
1850 SPECIALISTS
MEET TOMORROW
American Psychiatric Unit
Continues Sessions Un-
til Friday.

The annual meeting Of the Ameri-
can Psychiatric Association will open
here tomorrow, with more than 1,5OO
specialists in nervous and mental dis
eases from the United States and
Canada in attendance.
The sessions will continue through
Friday, with approximately 100 scien-
tific papers, giving accounts of the
latest advances in the field of psy-
chiatry. Particular stress will be laid
on the pSychiatric implications in
such associated sciences as general
medicine, biology and the social
sciences.
The psychiatriStS are opening their
convention with an alarming picture
of 100000 hospital beds in the United
States occupied by patients suffering
from some nervous or mental dis
order, as compared to $4,000 for VIC
tins of all other illnesses. According
to a statement authorized by the as
sociation today. one person in % dur
ing the present generation will be at
some time a patient in a mental nos
pital.
Epilepsy to Be Topic.
Tomorrow there will be precon-
vention meetings of the sections on
conclusive disorders and forensic pSy-
chiatry. The former group, headed by
DR.. Temple Fay. professor of neuro-
surgery at Temple University, will
spend the day discussing the possible
causes and treatment of epilepsy. The
forensic psychiatry section will discuss
the legal aspects of the science. Hugh
H. Clegg of the Department of Justice
will describe the work of crime in
vestigation. DR.. Abraham Myerson of
Boston will discuss the connection
between head injuries and crime, and
Is expected to ask for clear state
ment of the pSyChiatric position which
may clear away supposed conflicts In
testimony in the future.
The convention will open officially
Tuesday morning on the call OF DR.
C. F. Williams, Columbia S. c., pres
ident of the association. There will
be an address of welcome by DR.. A
B. Bennett, president of the Medical
Society of the District Of Columbia
Tuesday afternoon there will be a
symposium. over which DR.. Adolph
MyH of Johns Hopkins University viii
preside, on The Material Dealt With
as Personality Function" This SYM
postum is for the purpose OF better
tntegrating the diverse approaches
made by workers in psychology, psy-
choanalysis, biochemistry and genera
medicine. each with their own peculiar
concepts and language.
There will be a child pSychiatry
symposium on Wednesday afternoon
Educators, child guidance experts anc
psychiatrists will consider the de-
velopment of the child to its fulleS
potentialities and prevention of con.
duct disorders through cooperation o.
experts in the various fields.
Thursday will be given over tt
further consideration of laboratory
and clinical reports. In the after
noon there will be a consideration Of
administrative problems. especially
dealing with quacks. There will be
informal round table discussions
Thursday evening by groups inter-
ested in particular phases of psychi-
airy.
There will be a continuation OF
reports on clinical studies Friday, in
cluding one study made of 200 male
transients. Friday afternoon the men,
bers will be guests of Dr. William A
White, director of st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital.