Today's Priorities in Mental Health

Section One - Developmental Needs.- The First Margaret Mead Memorial Lecture - The Wider Dimensions of Mental Health.- Attaining the Full Potential of Human Achievement - Physical, Social and Psychological.- The Needs of the Child and His Development.- Section Two - Societal Context.- The Social Context of Health: Effects of Time, Place and Person.- Children and Families in the Third World: Dilemma or Hope?.- The Traditional Family in a Changing World.- The New Dichotomy of Mankind: Mothers and Non-Mothers.- Section Three - Children's Rights.- Human Rights and the Rights of the Child.- Securing the Rights of Children by Citizen Advocacy.- Children's Rights.- Section Four - Issues with Therapeutic Implications.- Mental Health for Children and Families: Immediate Research Needs.- Mental Health Initiatives for the Eighties.- The Challenge of Child Mental Health and Development: WHO/UNICEF Response.- Section Five - Special Events.- The Youth Panel - A Symposium.- The Mary Hemingway Rees Memorial Lecture - From Hand to Hand: Mental Health, Transmission of Values and Religion.- Section Six - Workshop Reports.- Bonding, Attachment and Early Infant Development.- Alternatives to the Nuclear Family: The Role of the Extended Family and the Community in Child Rearing.- Divorce, Separation and Custody.- Mental Health of Children of Migrants and Cultural Minorities.- The Impact on Children in an Over-medicated Society.- External Stresses on Family Life.- Child Abuse and Neglect.- Food Habits and Mental Health of Children.- Problems of Exceptional Children: The Gifted and the Limited.- Psychosis, Phychosomatic Illness and Chronic Illness in Children.- Making Unwanted Children Wanted: Preparation for Parenthood.- Healthy Attitudes Toward Developing Masculine and Feminine Roles.- Psychotherapy for the Whole Family.- The Influence of Mass Media (Television) on Children - Prosocial Aspects.- Creative Leisure for Children and Families.- Mental Health and School.- Alcohol andDrug