Annual Report Of The Trustees Of The Boston Psychopathic Hospital

Author : Boston Psychopathic Hospital
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ISBN 13 : 9781331938774
Total Pages : 54 pages
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Download or read book Annual Report of the Trustees of the Boston Psychopathic Hospital written by Boston Psychopathic Hospital and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Report of the Trustees of the Boston Psychopathic Hospital: For the Year Ending November 30, 1924 Finally, to Dr. Kline, Commissioner of the Department of Mental Diseases, as well as to Dr. Campbell and his colleagues, we would voice our feeling of gratitude that the Boston Psychopathic Hospital functions so smoothly and maintains its previous high standards. To the Board of Trustees of the Boston Psychopathic Hospital. In accordance with the provision of the statutes I submit for your consideration the report for the statistical year ending September 30, 1924, and for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1924. In recent annual reports an outline has been given of the special organization of the hospital, of the nature of the work carried out in the various departments, of the co-ordination of these departments for the efficient study and treatment of patients and so that research into the fundamental problems of mental disorders should be continuously carried on. During the past year a constant effort has been made to maintain the efficiency of this organization, and the work in the various departments has progressed in a satisfactory way. In the appended reports from the various departments will be found a more detailed statement of the problems which have been studied and of the contributions of the staff to the solution of these problems. The laboratories continue to be occupied with certain definite detailed problems, which form part of a wide program of research. Continuity in this work is very desirable and it is fortunate that there has been no change in the chiefs of the various departments. Limitation of funds has prevented research from being carried on to the extent which the available clinical material and equipment would allow. Thus the want of a metabolism nurse, except for a rather brief period, when special funds were available, made it necessary to discontinue certain detailed investigations of considerable importance. The work of the psychological department has been hampered by inadequate stenographic assistance, and the routine demands on the workers have made continuous research a matter of some difficulty. An adequate budget for research is very desirable and, as the strict budgetary control of a state hospital will probably always limit the development of the full possibilities of research, it is to be hoped that private donors may see fit to interest themselves in the situation. Such private endowment of research might well give special satisfaction to the donors, for any such funds can be utilized to develop further and to employ more fully a research organization, the basis of which is already established and the most important expenses of which are already covered by the ordinary budget of the hospital. There are many specific problems dealing with the finer bodily changes in mental diseases which are waiting to be attacked by modern laboratory investigation in collaboration with careful clinical observation. There are many detailed psychological problems dealing with the special abilities and disabilities of individuals upon which further light can be thrown by investigations in the psychological laboratory. There are problems of the relation of the child and the adult to environmental influences, to which justice can be done when workers are available, whose time is not fully absorbed by the immediate demands of the daily tasks. It is the extent of these immediate demands in every department which leaves so little time and energy for the special problems of research; the extremely rich clinical material and the accumulated observations bring up problems and indicate lines of work, which the limitation of personnel make it impossible to follow up as thoroughly as one would like. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com