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Abstract
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The study is largely exploratory and conclusions were made with this in mind. On the basis of the work done, the results seemed to justify the following conclusions: In the past fifteen years there has been a shift in the point of view of mental hygiene, calling for a new formulation or reformulation of general principles. The consequence has been the determination of the relative importance of morbid and normal factors in the application of the principles. On the questions raised, about an equal amount of interest is shown by the psychologist and physician groups. No sharp demarcation can be made between those who would limit mental hygiene to the morbid and others who would make it apply to the normal alone; there is a marked opinion that both factors must be considered in mental hygiene. There is considerable variability on the relative importance of morbid and normal factors; more than half of the respondents regard the two aspects as being of equal importance. There is little variation of opinion on how the separate factors should be stressed. As far as the expression of opinion in the present study can be used as a basis for showing the trend of interest in mental hygiene, the results may be said to correlate well with the varied trends of interest manifest in the literature. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
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