Many-Sided Aspects of Mental Health *

Chase Stuart Power of Words, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1953.

Frank Lawrence K. Feelings and Emotions. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1954. Presents briefly a broad view of the role of emotions in the organism as a whole.

Howe Eric G. Psychologist at Work. Toronto, Canada: British Book Service, 1952. Describes psychological services in helpful detail.

Hymes James L. Understanding Your Child. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1952. A most effective book for alerting parents and teachers to children's thinking and feelings.

Johnson Wendell People in Quandaries. New York: Harper & Bros., 1946. Presents the scientific method of general semantics for solving personal problems. Chap. i is especially relevant to this subject.

Linton Ralph The Cultural Background of Personality. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1945. Describes influences which the culture exerts on the developing personality.

Morris Charles W. The Open Self, pp. 52–72. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1948.

A simple, nontechnical discussion of signs and their uses—“A Primer of Semantics.” Ojemann Ralph H. “Mental Health in Community Life,” Review of Educational Research, XIX (December, 1949), 395–404.

Social Science and Psychotherapy for Children. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1952.

Describes various ways in which contributions from the behavioral sciences may enrich child psychotherapy. Benjamin Spock ,. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1946.

A book of inestimable value for mental health to millions of mothers and their young children. A Symposium: “The Professional Person—A Mental-Hygiene Resource,” Mental Hygiene, XXXIV (April, 1950), 262–86.

Contributions of various professional fields to mental health are described briefly but effectively. Wittenberg Rudolph M. The Art of Group Discipline: A Mental-Hygiene Approach to Leadership. New York: Association Press, 1951.