Mental diseases: a public health problem

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A Public Health Problem
Superintendent, Boston State Hospital, Boston, Mass.; Fellow, and Chairman of the Committee on Statistics, of the American Psychiatric Association; Fellow of the American Medical Association, etc.
Formerly, Superintendent, Grafton State Hospital, North Grafton, Mass.; Medical Member, The New York State Hospital Commission, Albany, N. Y.; and Superintendent, Matteawan State Hospital, Beacon, N. Y.
WITH A PREFACE BY
THOMAS W. SALMON, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University; Medical Advisor to the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, New York City
BOSTON