Vol. 2, No. 1, 1960 CEREBRAL PALSY BULLETIN

MATURATION

FIRST EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF CHILD PSYCHIATRY Paris, September 16-20, 1960

PROFESSOR MICHAUX will preside over this Congress of Child Psychiatry, to be held at the New School of Medicine, 45 rue des Saints Peres, Paris VIe. The discussions will cover the biological basis, stages, and social implications of maturation, and the Congress will end with a symposium on child psychoanalysis.

Particulars from the Secretary-General, Dr. D. J. Duche, Pavillon Clerambault, H6pital de la Salpetribre, 47 Boulevard de 1’ Hepital, Paris XIIIe.

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS London, July 18-22, 1960

THE National Foundation of the U.S.A. is sponsoring this conference at Church House, Westminster, under the general chairmanship of Prof. J. D. Boyd, with Basil O’Connor as president, Dr. Morris Fishbein and Melvin A. Glasser as vice-presidents, and Sir Geoffrey Marshall as an honorary president. The 24 members of the International Medical Congress Ltd., who have announced the conference, include Prof. Robert DebrC from Paris, Prof. Gino Frontali from Rome, Dr. Renato Bomfim from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Prof. Arvid Wallgren of Stockholm, Dr. Carlos Ottolenghi of Buenos Aires, and Dr. Frank L. Horsfall junior, Prof. Charles Ragan, Prof. Edward L. Tatum, Dr. Norman H. Topping, Dr. Josef Warkany and other distinguished Americans. The main subjects for discussion will be : (1) incidence; (2) intrinsic factors (genetics) ; (3) extrinsic factors (environment) ; (4) general developmental mechanisms ; ( 5 ) abnormal developmental mechanisms ; (6) maternal-foetal interactions ; (7) physiological and medical problems ; and (8) perspectives. There will be simultaneous interpretation of the addresses into English, French and German, as required.

Particulars from The Secretariat, at 67 New Bond Street, London, W.l .

LONDON CONFERENCE ON THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF MENTAL DEFICIENCY

London: July 24-28, 1960

THIS Conference, which will be held at the British Medical Association’s headquarters in Tavistock Square, London, W.C. 1, is intended for professional workers in all branches of the mental deficiency field-medical, psychological, educational, social and administrative. It is sponsored by the American Association on Mental Deficiency, the Royal Medico- Psychological Association, the Royal Society of Medicine, and the British Psychological Society, in co-operation with the National Association for Mental Health in London. It is being held as a contribution to the World Mental Health Year, and the subjects for dis- cussion will include biology and genetics, pathology and biochemistry, psychopathy and behaviour problems, physical therapy, learning problems, epilepsy and cerebral palsy, and many kindred subjects.

Further details can be obtained from the joint hon. secs. : Dr. A. Shapiro and Dr. A. D. B. Clarke, at the conference office, 39 Queen Anne Street, London, W. 1.

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