TREATMENT OF NUROSES

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24536, 9 April 1945, Page 4

TREATMENT OF NUROSES

COUNTERING- EffW HI WAS SERVIpTIr^H : SPECIALISED GuMB : ■ sanatdbia^^MHH fP.A.) WELLING^Nf^^^K ■ - Emphasising the heed - fw&ctaHMß neuro-psychiatric larly those caused by - war-*|BS*B* Mrs Charlotte A. HehderWtai-IftiBWMI of the Women’s Service GbvwnHß newspaper article, urges thejWiißMHM ment of adjustment homes :lgH She suggests, that such the control of the MinisterawiiaMiK tmbilitation, should be PBtrtEftWjHßMi the lines of country clubs sanatoria, where the neuro»w!2lMßp« could obtain rest,. sleep, .frwtoiEßl|B|B noise and strain, good food, MHBB fit of mineral springs, sun I BdffgWWl bathing, and Occupational aaraSßSHi tional therapy under mild conditions, and.also that toria should always , be available to returned men perience- a return of their Mrs Henderson refers ,to nouncement that a group of hospital buildings is being Lake Alice, on an area of at an approximate cost of and says that if this nonesiiwgmy labour can be found at > time, could not properly-cqfit!|jffl| neuro-psychiatric sanatoria lished for war injury neuro-pfl^^ra She states that, the severity of modem warfare .djjm heavy toll, and right care and|pifi|| ment for servicemen, wound»||aß| mind, is a major problem- . NwgJBP these cases require the cipline, or restraint of mental gaIHS pitals, as many belong to ttWiliiiil class, and are not mental ;di>gM» but are men who have ing point in the strain of warMroK So that the best possible treapglK may be provided for such ;caseS||Ji| suggests the provision of a chaM»s psychiatry • at the Otago School, and that every enwPSsrS ment should be given to , students to obtain a grasp of psywjfi try, including the sending of'sutajgil graduates overseas for further tWafe and the placing of graduates ••■JjS ternees in the United States Base pita! for Neuro-Psychiatric CUMg&v the South Pacific. ’ ji|#l