Mental Health
The Editorial Board does not hold itself responsible for the opinions of contributors Vol. I. No. 1 JANUARY 1940 Price lOd. (1/- Post Free)
Foreword
With this issue the Journal now entitled Mental Health comes into being. It is edited on behalf of three of the principal mental health organizations of the country, namely, the Central Association for Mental Welfare, the Child Guidance Council, and the National Council for Mental Hygiene. It has long been the desire of these organizations to achieve a closer measure of co-operation, and the need for economy and for avoiding overlapping and consequent waste of effort which has become imperative owing to the war, has provided an opportunity for taking the first step to achieve this aim. An Editorial Board has been formed consisting of representatives of each of the organizations so that the different aspects of their work can be given their full value, and it is obvious that a joint journal with its wider scope must be more valuable in that it can represent the whole field of mental health in true I proportion. Members of the Central Association for Mental Welfare and the National Council for Mental Hygiene will find that the essential features of the former journals issued by those organizations have been preserved.
The association of the Child Guidance Council with the new journal will extend the field in a way which is most important at all times, and especially during a war. It is more than ever vital that the coming generation should be sa eguarded from undue strains and stresses and that they should be given the opportunity to become stable and harmoniously balanced individuals, for upon t em will devolve the great burden of building up the post-war world.
The amalgamation of the journals will, we hope, prove the first step towards the full amalgamation of the three organizations which has been so strongly advocated in the Report of the Feversham Committee. This is a project which the war need not postpone but rather bring nearer because of the greater need for co-ordinated effort. We hope that all those who subscribed to the former journals will continue to subscribe to the new publication, and t at we shall acquire many new readers. The need for guidance towards mental health must inevitably grow, and grow rapidly, in these difficult times, and a wise and instructed public opinion supporting those who are at the spearhead of the movement will help to guide it aright. We trust that the journal may prove successful and that it will be of benefit to all those whom Jt seeks to serve. L _
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