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The American Mental Health Foundation (AMHF) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the welfare of individuals with emotional problems and advancing mental-health research. AMHF is established to organize educational seminars and to disseminate its knowledge. == History == AMHF was chartered in 1924 and incorporated in New York State in 1954 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, so recognized by the U.S. federal government. Former chairmen include the Austrian writer-in-exile Hermann Broch (whom James Joyce helped aid in the escape from the Nazis following the ''Anschluss'' of March 1938) and Richard Weil Jr., one-time head of Macy's Department Store. The current chairman, since 2010, is John P. Fowler (publisher of ''National Review).'' As part of its educational mission, the organization has maintained a dedication to diversity and making mental-health services available to everyone, regardless of culture, race, or sexual orientation. Former director of research Stefan Sarkozy de Somogyi Schill (known professionally as Stefan de Schill) pioneered in group psychotherapy, as well an advocacy for gay individuals when he took a position favoring LBJ aide Walter Jenkins, whose alleged homosexuality (the term used then) became a political issue. An early affiliate and clinical supervisor was Otto Kauders. In 1948, de Schill was appointed director of research, following a recommendation by AMHF chairman at the time—Broch (then with Princeton University) as well as Kauders—remaining so until his death on February 9, 2005. The position of executive director was filled by Evander Lomke shortly after. In the 1960s, de Schill defended LBJ aide Walter Jenkins during a Washington scandal. As part of his work in group psychotherapy for AMHF, during the 1970s through the 1990s, de Schill co-edited (with Serge Lebovici), singly edited, as well as contributed to several books devoted to these modalities: ''The Challenge to Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy'' (Jessica Kingsley, 1999) and ''The Challenge for Group Psychotherapy'' (International Universities Press, 1974). ''Crucial Choices—Crucial Changes: The Resurrection of Psychotherapy'' was issued in 2000 by Prometheus and republished by AMHF Books in 2012. De Schill's work, under AMHF, has appeared in French ''(A la recherche de l'avenir,'' Presses Universitaires de France, 1999) German ''(Psychoanalytische Therapie in Gruppen," Klett, 1973), and Italian "(Terapia psicoanalitica di gruppo,'' Feltrinelli Editore, 1980). In 2016, AMHF will issue a monograph describing two years of research in conjunction with Astor Services for Children & Families regarding early signs of schizophrenia and other psychoses, and palliation/prevention. Beginning in 2014, AMHF has embarked on a research project with Pearson Assessments to measure older individuals, in the serious-to-profound range of mental retardation, for behavioral changes. Such a test would be in the mode of the existing Wechsler and Bayley Scales and have wide-ranging applications. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Mental Health Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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