Report of N.A.M.H. 1963 A.G.M.

N.a.m.h. A.g.m.—1965

Meet the Local Associations: 3. Halifax and Its Social Club

The work undertaken by Halifax in connection with a Social Club for the mentallydisordered, outlined below, represents a major part of their members' interests in mental health work. Readers will recall Dr. Russell Barton's address to the 1961 A.G.M. of the N.A.M.H., on Social Clubs, printed in the Winter 1961/62 issue of "Mental Health", in which he analysed replies from a questionnaire sent t...

Parliament, Press, Radio and TV

description by "an eminent psychiatrist" of his patients and working methods. The articles were written by Douglas Keay, a journalist. 8th September. The main article in The Sunday Times?"Mending Broken Minds" by Dr. Alfred Byrne-?was devoted to a survey of provisions for the rehabilitation of mental patients after discharge from hospital. Letters from Mary Adams and J. Mallory Wober of the N.A...

Duncroft Approved School

DUNCROFT" is an approved school for girls for which the N.A.M.H. acts as trustee for the Home Office. The name is taken from the beautiful Jacobean house in which live up to 26 girls who are 1417 years of age on admission. This year the approved school was extended to include a contemporary specially designed hostel for a further eight girls, named Norman Lodge in honour of Lady Norman, who has...

Introducing N.A.M.H. Homes, Hostels & Schools 2: "Parnham"

Dr. Harris is a member of the Management Committee, and was formerly physician in charge of the Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital. A HOME for elderly people suffering from loss of memory and confusion was first opened by the N.A.M.H. in 1950. (At that time there was little being done outside the hospital for this special group, and many elderly people were admitted to mental hospital...