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There are three further comments appropriate here. The first
is that there is no general awareness that there can be such
severe disturbances at such an early age and therefore, of course,
facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of them have not been
provided. The second is that it is possible to know from this
clinical work that there can be such a severe disturbance at the
age of one year, that it is recognisable, and that it is treatable.
The third thing is that although these disturbances are of a
grossly pathological type and, if continued carry a very bad
prognosis., they are, at this age, almost certainly reversible, and
this is of tremendous importance for the task of raising a healthy
generation and preventing breakdowns in future life as well as
enabling a child to realise his full, natural potentialities.
It is not possible to substantiate those details in a report
of this nature but I feel it is important to draw attention to
such matters at the earliest possible date".