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The fourth international CONGRESS ON MENTAL HEALTH will be held in Mexico City, December 11 to 19, 1951, under the joint sponsorship of World Federation for Mental Health, Liga Mexicana de Salud Mental, and the Regional Office for the Americas of World Health Organization. Dr. Alfonso Millan, President-Elect of the World Federation, is Chairman of the Mexican Organizing Committee for the Congress.

The four major topics to be discussed at the plenary sessions are: mental health and children; occupational mental health—rural and industrial; mental health problems of transplantation and migration; community efforts in mental hygiene. There will be a series of technical meetings with speakers and discussants from the various countries and professions represented at the Congress. In addition to these there will be fifteen to twenty-five international, interdisciplinary working groups, each composed of approximately fifteen professional people who will meet daily to exchange ideas, to consider approaches found useful in various countries, and to make suggestions for future planning.

The Congress registration fee for members is twelve dollars U. S. currency. A fee of six dollars for associate members (wives or other accompanying members) will entitle them to attend plenary sessions and any social events which may be arranged. Fees may be sent as a U. S. Postal Money Order or a draft on a Mexican bank; personal checks will be accepted from United States members. Checks should be made payable to the Fourth International Congress for Mental Health and sent to Dr. Alfonso Millan, Chairman, Organizing Committee, Gomez Farias 56, Mexico D. F., Mexico. Lona Tours, Inc., Ave. Juarez 56-215, Mexico D. F., Mexico, is the agent handling hotel reservations, transportation to and from Mexico, and tours within the country. Those who plan to attend the Congress should communicate directly with them for information and reservations.