Adjunctive therapy is very common in the treatment of mental illness. Eye glasses may be adjunct with eye exercises to improve sight problems. Radiation treatment may be adjunct with surgery for cancer patients. Occupational therapy is often used in combination with other types of adjunctive therapies. People who have been injured may have some form of physical therapy as adjunct to the care received by physicians. Occupational therapy may be adjunct to primary medical care.
The program was established by Executive Order 10924, issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, announced by televised broadcast March 2, 1961, and authorized by Congress on September 21, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Pub.L. 87â293). The act declares the program's purpose as follows:
In September 1961, the 87th Congress passed Public Law 87-293 establishing a Peace Corps. By this time, because of Kennedyâs Executive order and Shriver's leadership, Peace Corps volunteers were already in the field.ithin two months of taking office, Kennedy issued an Executive order establishing the Peace Corps within the State Department, using funds from mutual security appropriations. Shriver, as head of the new agency, assured its success by his fervent idealism and his willingness to improvise and take action.