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Medford Tribune SECTION C MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY. JUNE 23, 1960 PAGES 1 to 12 Culture Considered In Appraisal of Mental Illnesses By DELOS SMITH UPI Science Editor New York - IUPD - So far as lymptoms, frequency, and causes of mental illnesses are cone e r n e d. . i human beings are much the .same the world over, argued a psy ! chiatric scien- tist after studying men t a 1 hospital patients of 30 uelo smith countries. Dr. Eric Berne of Carmel, Calif., lowered the boom on the "cultural" approach to mental illness with which an thropologists have beguiled psychiatrists and psycholo gists. It is now customary to consider the culture a person came from, in appraising his mental illness. The anthropological data teem to indicate the more primitive a society, the fewer the members who break down mentally, and there is much backing for the idea that if a culture okays an act, it is not likely to be at the root of a mental illness, no matter what it is. For instance, our culture definitely does not approve of parenta rejecting their chil dren, and parental "rejec tion," whether real or fancied, is deeply involved In many mental illnesses. In Tahiti, however, parental rejection is not only culturally all right -it is commonly practiced. Feeli Rejected in Tahiti But it causes mental illness in Tahiti, too. Berne made this point in reporting to the American Psychiatric associ ation on his study in that South Pacific "paradise" is land. "A child who is sent away by her mother may feel just as rejected in a society which has a relaxed attitude about child-bearing and child -disposition as in a society which is very rigid about such mat ters," he said. "And a boy who grows up in a crowded household in a society whose sexual freedom is still publicized may be just as disturbed by too much con tact with sisters and parents as a boy who grows up in the slums of a puritan city." Berne said that if Tahiti had the same facilities for dealing with mental illness as we do, its official rate would be about the same as the American rate. That goes also for the Fiji Islands and other primitive islands which he has visited in his years-long o f geographic investigation the mentally ill. Symptoms Recogniied The symptoms of mental illness are readily recognized by an experienced doctor no matter the culture he is in, and he can diagnose the var ious kinds "on medical grounds which are essentially independent of local cul tures." Furthermore, the techniques which he once applied to "the treatment of young women in Connecticut and California, were just as effective in the South Pacific." The emphasis on cultural factors in mental illnesses could be "obscuring more im portant issues," he said. His idea is that in the mental workings of disturbed per sons, "culture is on the same level as auto intoxication, racial prejudice, and eco nomics. "The patient may be only too relieved to blame his troubles on the intestinal sys tem, the social system, or the economic system, and the biased therapist may help him along with this project of finding a scapegoat." WRIGHT'S NEPHEW DIES Riverside, Calif. (UPIi Fu neral services-will be held to day for Herbert Wright, 67, nephew of air pioneers Wil bur and Orville Wright. PAINTER DIES Arcadia, Calif.-WPU-George Ford Morris, 87, noted for his portraits of horses over the past 70 years, died Monday. Stevenson Draft Simmers; Choice Doubted By RAYMOND LAHR Washington - il'PIl - The ef fort to draft Adlai E. Steven- Khrushchev Wins Added Support Bucharest, Romania it'Pfl -Soviet Premier Nikita Khru shchev has won the backing of four more satellite Commu nist leaders for his line that coexistence is possible and war is not inevitable with the West. In an address to the Third Romanian Communist Party congress Tuesday, Khrush chev clearly repeated his views which are contrary to the Communist Chinese dog matic Marxist-Leninist line that war with, capitalism is inevitable. That position was indorsed Wednesday by Czechoslova kia's Antonin Novotny, Hun gary's Janos Kadar, East Ger many's Walter- Ulbricht and Bulgaria's Todor Zhikov, all of whom emphasized the ne cessity for a "lasting peace" and "peaceful coexistence." Big Spender Fined For Tossing Money Boswell. N.M. - Daniel Kel ton was fined $20 for throw ing his money around. Arrest ing oincers said the la-year-old college student threw sev eral coins at a lighted sign and broke the glass tubes. MILKMAN VS. POSTMAN Blackwell, England -tt'PH-A milkman had a postman haled into court Tuesday because the postman's dog bit the milkman. son for a third try at the White House is still simmer ing with no apparent cook in the political kitchen. Nonetheless his supporters Cows Originated Eight-Hour Day Elkhorn, Wis. - HT1 - The eight-hour day is a part of American life today. But who originated it? Samuel Gompers, the labor pioneer? Or would you give credit to John L. Lewis, George Mcany or Waller Rcu ther? According to Will A. Fos ter, it was none of these men. Instead he picks the common dairy cow for the honor. Foster, a retired dairy com pany executive and a native of Elkhorn. has studied milk ing herds for 35 years. He is recognized as an authority on the subject of bovines. A cow, Foster says, grazes four hours a day and lakes 40 to 70 nibbles per minute. (That, incidentally, averages out to 3.300 nibbles per hour; 13,200 nibbles per nibbling day; and 92,400 nibbles per week.) Bossy spends the next four hours placidly chewing her cud. This she does while sta tionary - standing or lying down. It's not loafing, though. Her jaws and stomachs are working full time. Then it's milking time, fol lowed by sleep and then the eight hour cycle begins all over again. expect Stevenson's bid to bur geon if Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts fails to wrap up the Democratic president ial nomination on an earlv ballot. Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney of Oklahoma, a Stevenson sup porter, calls the draft cam paign a movement "with all Indians and no chiefs." He and former Sen. Herbert H. Lehman of New York are writing letters to national convention delegates with whom they are acquainted, urging a Stevenson nomina tion, and they have the back ing of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. Lehman Denied Seal But neither Monroney nor Lehman can vote for Steven son at the national conven tion. Monroney's entire state delegation is pledged to Sen ale Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson. Lehman was denied a seat In the New York delegation. A small cubby hole office is functioning here as a sort of clearing house for Steven son clubs reported to be active in 40 states. It tells the clubs where they can buy items like cam paign buttons and bumper stickers and mails out infor mation dealing with Steven son as a possibility for the nomination. Stevenson him self has given the movement no encouragement beyond making it clear that he would accept a draft. Official Nomination Doubtful As the draft-Stevenson cam paign now stands, it is doubt ed that the twice-defeated can didate's name ever will be of ficially placed in nomination. Even so, he is expected to poll the votes of a small bloc of delegates - running behind Kennedy, Johnson and Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri If the combined vote of Kennedy's opponents and a holdout by favorite sons can didates should deny the New England senator the nomina tion, Johnson presumably then would make his run for the prize. However, there has been no evidence yet of major Johnson breakthrough in the pivotal Northern states with the big bloc of national convention votes. 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