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American Society for Research in Psychosomatic Problems, 714 Madison Avenue, New York 21, N. Y. Annual Meeting, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City. May 11, 1946. A.M.—Contributions of Military Medicine to Psychosomatic Medicine. P.M.—Psychosomatic Aspects of Orthopedic Practice. Annual Dinner—“New Advances in Psychosomatic Investigative Techniques” (an illustrated parody), Bertram D. Lewin, M.D. May 12, 1946—Submitted Papers. Because of space limitation, reservations should be made at least two weeks prior to meeting. Registration fee for non-members is $5.00 for two days; $3.00 for one. The charge for the Annual Dinner is $5.00. Limited hotel reservations are available.
American Psychiatric Association gives solid backing to General Bradley in his program for psychiatric care of veterans, stating he has sought and acted upon best professional advice regardless of politics. Solid backing of General Omar Bradley, Veterans Administrator, and Major General Paul R. Hawley, his surgeon-general, came officially from the American Psychiatric Association, representing all the psychiatrists in the country. General Bradley's policy of locating new veterans’ hospitals as near as possible to the great and successful centers of medical care, on the basis of veterans’ needs, instead of on the basis of political patronage, was specifically endorsed by the Association through its President, Dr. Karl M. Bowman, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, California.
The Third Annual Conference of the American Group Therapy Association was held in January, 1946, at New York City. The general topic of the Conference was Clinical Applications of Group Psychotherapy.
Dr. Morton A. Seidenfeld, until recently Chief Clinical Psychologist with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Division of Neuropsychiatry of the Surgeon General's Office, U. S. Army, was today appointed director of psychological services for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.