Towards mental health : the schizophrenic problem / by Charles Macfie Campbell.

  • Charles Macfie Campbell
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1933
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    the problem of sex. A certain philosophic outlook, or religious creed, or ethical code may appear to have hygienic value, and one might like to see this body of beliefs incorporated into the common cul¬ tural beliefs of the community. For the acceptance of such a cultural outlook there is required emanci¬ pation from older creeds, deeply intertwined with racial and national traits and traditions. In the endeavor to improve cultural organiza¬ tion there may be a certain danger; in loosening the structure of this organization in order to modify a detrimental factor one may lose some important gain. In regard to marriage, in regard to domestic relations generally, in regard to the ethical and re¬ ligious beliefs of the community it may not be a simple matter to deal with a single detrimental factor, for each element is organically connected with the whole structure. The principle which guides us in the situation must be that of organic growth or cultural development, and one cannot hope to proceed in the same drastic way as with a new water supply or compulsory vaccination, where one may not need to interfere seriously with the cultural beliefs of the community. It is important to recognize the general principle that the mental health of the community is organi¬ cally knit up with its whole cultural evolution, that the problems of mental hygiene cannot be attacked
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