The need for understanding the individual, and first experiences of recent social legislation and implications for mental health.
- National Association for Mental Health (Great Britain). Conference
- Date:
- [1949]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The need for understanding the individual, and first experiences of recent social legislation and implications for mental health. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![specially skilled workers, and in the study of the needs of the community as a whole, the Association ‘performs a great and noble service, not only to those who through their afflictions are in need of help, but to all of us who are concerned with the welfare of the nation. That this work is not confined to this country alone is well known to you all. This Association was responsible for initiating the first post- war International Congress on Mental Health, which was held in London last August, and which was attended by over two thousand people. I regard that as a very great achievement, and I would like to take this oportunity of congratulating all those of you who were concerned with the arrangement of the Congress. Its importance was afterwards recognised in the formation of the World Federation for Mental Health, a body that is now affliated with the World Health Organisa- tion, and with U.N.E.S.C.O. Today and tomorrow you will be considering matters of immense importance; the effects of new legislation, and the application of mental health principles to the care of both children and adults. I thank you for the kindness of your welcome this morning; I am happy to be able to be present on this occasion. As your Patron, I am deeply interested in the work of the Association, and it is my earnest hope that this Conference will be an eventful and a fruitful one. I wish you every success in your discussions, and J] now have very great pleasure in declaring this Conference open. The Earl of Feversham, D.S.O., D.L., J.P. (Chairman of Council, National Association for Mental Health): I know that I speak on behalf of everyone in this hall when I say how greatly honoured we are to have Your Royal Highness here this morning to open this Conference, and to present us with such an encourag- ing address, It is a great inspiration to all of us to know that Her Royal Highness, as Patron of this Association, follows our work with such understanding and sympathy. We count ourselves most fortunate, ma’am, that, amidst so many duties, you are able to find the time to honour us by your presence this morning. I should like this Conference to know that the late Duke of Kent rendered very valuable service to the movement in which we are concerned before his untimely death, which was such a great national loss. His Royal Highness was for several years s](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33475313_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
