In 1915, he wrote a paper called The mental hygiene of exceptional children.
Architecture was, for him, a process of mental and cultural hygiene.
At first it had been mental hygiene, protection of his morale.
Among his medical writings were articles on children's tuberculosis, and later mental hygiene for children.
A beginning was made on public and professional education in mental hygiene and psychiatry.
Among his other committee assignments were veterans affairs, finance, housing, judiciary, government operations and mental hygiene.
Aalto, who died in 1976, has long stood as a paragon of esthetic and mental hygiene.
By the mid-1920s the chief interest of the foundation had become public health, including mental hygiene, community health, rural hospitals, medical research, and medical education.
The plan to renew it was ratified by the Senate today in a 56-to-3 vote as part of an overall spending plan for mental hygiene.
Disbursements for Mental Hygiene local assistance programs are expected to total $808 million under the recommendations contained in this budget.