| Abstract: | A research program, sponsored by the Rip Van Winkle Foundation, concerned with mental health in rural areas was started in 1955. A few members of the Hudson Post of the American Legion opposed the organized "mental health movement." Local newspaper articles linked "mental health with 'world citizenship, one worldism, internationalism, communism, and socialism.'… Actually, the ruckus did not blow up until the period of data collection from the children was in its last week. Data from only three children were destroyed in compliance with the wishes of their parents." Details of the background and the problem are presented. From Psyc Abstracts 36:02:2AA37E. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
