| Abstract: | "On November 14, 1962, President Kennedy announced the appointment of a cabinet-level committee… to assess the feasibility of a national service corps." The corps would "recruit youth and older adults whose main function would be personal service to people. Among human needs described are problems of mental health and mental retardation, educational and vocational training deficiencies, inadequate social skills for urban living, delinqency, and communicable disease… . The American Psychological Association has been involved from the start and the Executive Officer serves as a member of a continuing Advisory Council on Mental Health and Mental Retardation." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
