Lathrop, Julia Clifford

Julia Clifford Lathrop (1858–1932), an advocate of child welfare and mentally ill people, helped found the country's first children's mental hygiene clinic, the Juvenile Psychopathic Institute, in 1909. She became the first director of the U.S. Children's Bureau in 1912.

Clinical Laboratory Abnormalities and their Follow-up in a Mental Hygiene Clinic

SummaryIn a retrospective study, there were clearly abnormal laboratory findings in 4.8 per cent of 4,994 adults who attended for psychiatric evaluation at a mental hygiene clinic. In particular high fasting blood sugars, abnormal blood counts, eosinophilia, VDRL and abnormalities of chest X-ray or urinalysis were found. Just under half of these abnormalities led to further medical follow-up. Old and young, schizophrenic and neurotic were equally likely to be followed up, but tests which were clinically not alarming might be ignored. The implications are discussed.

Symptom Patterns of Psychiatrically Diagnosed Veterans Who Request Treatment and Those Who Do Not

59 veterans requesting treatment at the Denver V.A. Mental Hygiene Clinic and 57 eligible veterans never requesting such treatment were given a symptom inventory in order to discern possible distinguishing symptom patterns between the groups. Four hypotheses were tested; one confirmed. The results indicated that “comers” claimed over-all greater symptomatology, especially in the areas of sensitivity and suspiciousness, “troublesome psychopathy” or impulse control, and nervousness and anxiety. There were no significant differences between the groups in claimed psychological or claimed physical symptoms. Years of education was unrelated to incidence of claimed psychological symptomatology.