Introduction [to the Final Report of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children]
- Title:
- Introduction [to the Final Report of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children]
- Creator:
- Gorman, Mike
- Date:
- October 1969
- Description:
- Gorman wrote this introduction in his characteristic style, focusing on mentally/emotionally disturbed children, and using a case-study to make his point. The commission's editorial committee subsequently softened the language, prompting Gorman to write an angry report to his National Committee Against Mental Illness colleagues, and to resign from the editorial committee.
- Publisher:
- Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children
- Location:
- Box: 2. Folder: 15
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Genre:
-
Reports
Excerpts - Subject:
- Legislation as Topic, Child Psychiatry, and Health Care Reform
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 7 pages
- Relation:
- Memorandum from Mike Gorman to the National Committee Against Mental Illness, 1969 Introduction [to the Final Report of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children] (draft), 1969
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Monograph. Gorman, Mike. "Introduction" [to the Final Report of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children]. Crisis in Child Mental Health: Challenge for the 1970's. Joint Commission on the Mental Health of Children, October 1969. Pp. 1-6. Excerpt. Report. 7 Images.
- Legacy ID:
- TGBBGT
- NLM ID:
- 101743403X98
- Profiles Collection:
- The Mike Gorman Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743403X98
- Story Section:
- Continuing the Mental Health Crusade, 1964-1973