Preventive Psychiatry and Family Planning
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TL;DR
4 main areas for psychiatric research are pointed out: 1) sex education for the psychologically normal element of the community; 2) fertility fertility and fertility control and their relationship with marital and personal happiness; 3)outcomes of the lives of children who resulted from unwanted pregnancies; and 4)the relationship of social change to sexual and family planning practices.
Abstract
There is an interrelationship between high fertility and poverty which has relevance to the practice of preventive psychiatry. The public health approach to family planning and mental health means that individuals must have sufficient knowledge and the means necessary to control their own lives and their own fertility. 4 main areas for psychiatric research are pointed out: 1)sex education for the psychologically normal element of the community; 2)infertility fertility and fertility control and their relationship with marital and personal happiness; 3)outcomes of the lives of children who resulted from unwanted pregnancies; and 4)the relationship of social change to sexual and family planning practices.