National Mental Health Act

unstable revealed by the World War II draft figures,

Congress in 1946 passed the National Mental Health Act, which recognized for the first time that mental illness was a national problem.

Witness to the government's intention to act is a huge modern building going up at Bethesda, Maryland, to house, among other groups, the National Institute of Mental Health, created by the National Mental Health Act.

As his training progresses, the young psychiatrist learns the various techniques which will be at his disposal and how to use them.

Among these are such physical methods as electric shock.