Milford chronicle., 1937-04-02
HEALTH MEET
TO Be HELD ON
APRIL 9TH-1OTH
[Confinned from First Psge1


ITSELF" Its first edition was pub
lished in 1908 and new printing
have been required every year ol
two since. This book and the per-
sonal efforts of Mr.. Beers have beer
responsible for worldwide mental
hygiene movement. The movement
is represented in the United States
by the National Committee for Men,
tai Hygiene, of which Mr.. Beers is
founder and secretary. In Delaware,
mental hygiene work is conducted
| on a Statewide scale by the Della
ware Society for Mental Hygiene,
one of some fifty State and local
mental health organizations in the
United States.
Today mental health leaders. while
still concerned with upholding high
standards of care and treatment in
mental institutions. are giving con-
siderable attention to the prevention
of mental and nervous breakdowns.
Much of this work is done with chill
dren for whom child guidance elm
les have been established through
out the country. At these clinics alb
normal personality traits are dag
nosed and corrected so that serious
breakdowns will be less probable in
later life. Under the leadership of
DR.. NJ. A. Tarumianz. superintend-
dent of the State Hospital at Farm
hurst. Delaware was one of the first
states to establish a Statewide trav-
elling mental health clinic system.
II is the contention of such lead
ers as DR.. Clarence NJ. Hincks, gen.
eral director of the National Com
mittee for Mental Hygiene, that pos
tive mental hygiene need not stop /
with the prevention of mental dis (
but should have as its ul- /
innate goal the enrichment of life (
for every one through the develop
nent of healthy and robust person
alities.
In recent years the schools have
begun TO play an important part in
he campaign for better mental
health and educators and psychis-
.rists have cooperated together in
principles to make ele-
school education more pro-
iuctive in terms of well-adjusted
ives. The average school teacher
oday is as interested in the devel-
,pment of her pupils into normal.
adults as the teacher of
/ generation ago was in inculcating
he three RS.
Of fhn N
Delaware conference on education
md mental hygiene, the details of
yhich were announced recently by
:. V. dupont, president of the Della
ware Society for Mental Hygiene, ia
iicates how many factors play a
lart in the control and prevention of
mental disabilities.
On this program are psychiatrists.
psychologists. eminent clergymen,
.ivic leaders, heads of institutions of
higher learning. public and private
chool officials. specialists in the
Its and others. all of whose work
as an important bearing upon the
ubject
The topics to which special ses- t
ions will be devoted. also indicate I
le wide range of mental hygiene as T
applies to the schools. Among n
lese are: THE Prevention of Men n
Il Diseases" Partnership Between h
arents and Teachers in Mental z
ealth Endeavor." 1.-The Mental 81
ealth of the Teacher" Mental n
ealth Problems of the Gifted L
lild," Mental Hygiene Implica- a
lns of Non-Attendance L
II is estimated that nearly 1000
bile and private school teachers. NJ
cial workers. civic leaders and ~
hers from all parts of the State III III
II attend the conference. m ne