National Advisory Mental Health Council Research Articles

Unmet Needs of Children: Families and Children Tell Stories at NIMH Hearings

Wishes for cures and hopes of putting an end to unbearable emotional turmoil were put forth at the second in a series of public hearings to enhance public awareness. "Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders," co-sponsored by National Mental Health Leadership Forum and the National Advisory Mental Health Council, featured moving testimony from children who suffer from mental disorders and from their parents.

Review of Approaching the 21st Century: Opportunities for NIMH Neuroscience Research: The National Advisory Mental Health Council Report to Congress on the Decade of the Brain (reprint).

Review of Approaching the 21st Century: Opportunities for NIMH Neuroscience Research: The National Advisory Mental Health Council Report to Congress on the Decade of the Brain (reprint).

The issue of informed consent and the use of neuroleptic medications

Stepping aside from philosophical questions concerning reality qua reality there is a basic assumption of an actual ‘out there’, an objective state of reference, against which an individual may posit faulty thinking which has taken the form of delusions, hallucinations, and other misperceptions occurring in the subjective experience of the individual. It is in the sphere of thought and action that psychosis is determined; and, for the purpose of this paper, the matter of competency or incompetency is established in mental illness. An individual is considered competent to consent as a presupposition of informl (b) to protect allegedly irresponsible persons from themselves; (c) to protect society from anticipated dangerous acts by these persons; and (d) to relieve society-and/or the family-of the trouble of accommodating individuals who, though not dangerous, are bothersome. For many (Kolb, 1973), the British Mental Health Act of 1959 represents the most advanced trend in the treatment of individuals with profound behavior disturbances. One who is psychiatrically ill receives treatment under the same circumstances as a patient with a medical or surgical diagnosis. When involuntary commitment is required, the matter is recognized as a medical decision and not a civil or judicial situation. In the United States each state has its own laws pertaining to involuntary commitment. This diversity led the National Advisory Mental Health Council in 1949 to request the

Debate on Psychiatric Epidemiology-Reply

The opportunity to debate publicly one of the leaders of psychiatric epidemiology about its history and future directions is a privilege. With regard to its history, it makes little difference whether the post-World War II investigators avoided psychiatric diagnoses because of ideology or practical considerations about reliability and feasibility; the consequences were the same. The major community surveys relied heavily on overall impairment scales independent of specific diagnoses as the dependent measures. While some investigators, including Dr Srole and his associates, may not have intentionally adopted the view that mental health and illness were on a continuum, this theoretical position was in fact expressed in their research. In the mid 1950s, it was a viewpoint expressed by several prestigious scientific groups, including the National Advisory Mental Health Council, and by a series of conferences on psychiatric epidemiology sponsored by the Milbank Memorial Fund and the World Health Organization.1-3 However,

Beyond Control of the Juvenile Court

Juvenile Court Judges JournalVolume 21, Issue 2 p. 42-46 Beyond Control of the Juvenile Court DAVID L. BAZELON, DAVID L. BAZELON Chief Judge U. S. District Court of Appeals District of Columbia THE AUTHOR David L. Bazelon is chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and also serves on the National Advisory Mental Health Council of the Public Service. An honorary fellow in the American Psychiatric Association, he has in recent years held several faculty appointments in psychiatry at universities and at the Menninger Clinic.Search for more papers by this author DAVID L. BAZELON, DAVID L. BAZELON Chief Judge U. S. District Court of Appeals District of Columbia THE AUTHOR David L. Bazelon is chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and also serves on the National Advisory Mental Health Council of the Public Service. An honorary fellow in the American Psychiatric Association, he has in recent years held several faculty appointments in psychiatry at universities and at the Menninger Clinic.Search for more papers by this author First published: August 1970 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-6988.1970.tb00977.x AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume21, Issue2August 1970Pages 42-46 RelatedInformation

Evaluation in Mental Health: A Review of the Problem of Evaluating Mental Health Activities. A Report of the Subcommittee on Evaluation of Mental Health Activities, Community Services Committee, National Advisory Mental Health Council

Evaluation in Mental Health: A Review of the Problem of Evaluating Mental Health Activities. A Report of the Subcommittee on Evaluation of Mental Health Activities, Community Services Committee, National Advisory Mental Health Council