Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Winnipeg free september psychiatrists fear anxieties Over War fan social problems Genty of tit Petess by Joe Rubin the Canadian psychiatric association thinks the threat of nuclear War has caused social aberrations and it has decided to lobby for a relaxation of world study says nuisances committed a study has found that some psychiatric patients admitted involuntarily to the Brandon mental health Centre committed for being social Nui neglecting their physical appearance or failing to function at a the which examined 100 of the 219 compulsory admissions to the Centre in found that people were committed because they were thought to be the centres director of said the remaining 42 patients had other mental disorders in their doctors required these disorders were manifested in such traits As a dishevelled physical in ability to function at a Job or in seventy one southwestern Manitoba doctors were involved in committing the 100 Richert said Manitoba mental health act does not require that a patient be deemed dangerous before he can be involuntarily committed is the Case in percentages similar despite the difference in the Provin Cial about the same percentage of Ontario and Manitoba physicians cited dangerousness a reason for involuntary Richert he said this indicates Ontario doctors Are not adhering to their mental health Legisla Richert told an audience at the Cana Dian psychiatric associations annual meeting that one Brandon certificate listed Only paranoid delusions As the reason for a patient involuntary com another individual was admit Ted to the Brandon Centre on the strength of has been under my because any indication of mental illness justifies compulsory Richert suggested that Manitoba mental health act be examined with an Eye to narrowing the one study author has suggested two types of commitments a Short term one for persons with a treatable mental illness who Arent competent to consent or who refuse and a Long term commitment for mentally ill per sons who Are dangerous to Halifax psychiatrist Robert Jones told physicians at the Pas an Nual meeting yesterday that the sense of impending doom created by the nuclear arms race has resulted in an undercurrent of anxiety in although research on the subject is Jones said a study has shown adolescents Are disturbed about the threat of nuclear War and Are wary of planning Jones said most of the population avoids the regarding it As too big to Jones urged the assembled psychiatrists to educate themselves on what nuclear War Means and disabuse our selves of the idea of limited nuclear Frederick a professor of psychiatry and Dean of Medicine at the University of said practitioners also rarely grapple with the Issue because it appears beyond their most physicians remain untouched by this he the Lack of personal expertise keeps Many of us from getting involved in an area such As the same is True of medical he because they Are taught to alleviate their textbooks dont contain any meaningful information on the consequences of nuclear variety of ailments yet radiation fallout May cause a wide variety of including diminished resistance to neurological infant mor mental retardation and genetic we have to get some of this knowl Edge through to enough of us so we can influence our political said and we have to do this without making everybody terribly frightened about the whole the convention was also told of the effects of the 1980 Manitoba healthcare workers strike on staff and patients at the health sciences Centre and Boniface John the hocs assistant clinical head of said patients were generally very very As the strike wore on and wards became patients began to regress under the Wear and tear of the acuity and overcrowded conditions and violent outbursts in creased Between Nady head of psychiatry at the Hospital which received patients from the strike bound said his staff was ambivalent when told by the provincial government that the strike would go on As Long As you could Hack the spa convention also saw the appointment of Judith Gold As president of the a Halifax is the first woman to serve in that of Pegi Hayes of the wheelchair sport and recreation association and designer Adib Moawad demonstrate special car gives disabled Way to get around vehicle with special electric lift offers handicapped new mobility by Sheila bean Adib Moawad has taken an Ordinary car and turned it into a vehicle specifically designed to give the physically disabled new Moawad called Canadian paraplegic association Freedom spa has special doors and an electric lift to accommodate wheel who said he has been de signing the car for a few has produced Only through Karnak manufacturing of to test the Market before deciding on product As we see our minimum Market will be units per year in Canada lie within two or three Between Canada and the United units a year will be although Moawad used a Fourcy Lin Der Plymouth horizon As his test he said any front wheel drive Automo bile can be the door on the passengers Side of Moawad car is extra wide and is divided into two when the Latch is the doors top Section lifts on hinges and the Bottom Section drops to form a the passengers seat has been re moved to allow the wheelchair user to ascend the ramp and Roll into a Large space inside the he can either sit As a passenger or slide into the Drivers which swivels 360 degrees and has Holdup Hatchback a Hatchback door at the rear of the vehicle rises with the twist of a key and a Section of the floor drops to ground when the person is on the he flips a switch to raise it and close the the rear seat has been removed enabling the wheelchair to be moved Forward and two Small seats fold up on either hand controls to operate the car Are added As they must be adapted to the individuals Pegi Vic president of the wheelchair sport and recreation association of said the car will give new mobility to Many especially those who cannot raise them selves into regular this is a marvelous car for quadriplegics because they have no she she said although the car May Cost As much As its Worth the sex when i use the wheelchair i have to pay to get a mile and to get Hayes it costs me to get to the health sciences it might be cheaper in the Long run to get the she also suggested that some disa bled persons May be awarded a car by the courts because it is their Only Way of getting a lot of people who Are Hurt in accidents could have the Cost covered by their settlement or she Hayes admitted she found driving with hand controls difficult at but after two weeks of instruction Felt got a ticket your reflexes Are much different in your hands from your she i got a ticket 10 minutes after i started Drivers will be instructed at the rehabilitation Centre at the health sciences Moawad said the Beauty of his idea is that the car gives the disabled ind Epen they can get in and out and drive it by themselves without any outside he weather City Calendar Winnipeg area forecast clouding Over with occasional rain and brisk Easterly winds beginning in the late High today near Low tonight near Cloudy tomorrow with Strong northerly winds and a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba Clearing sunday with temperatures slightly below sunny monday with near Normal mainly Cloudy tuesday with showers and temperatures near Normal readings of 16 and Northern Manitoba Cloudy periods sunday with slightly below Normal frequent sunny periods Mon Day with temperatures near sunny periods tuesday with temperatures near Normal readings of 11 and Northwestern Ontario Cloudy sunday with occasional show ers and near Normal mainly sunny monday with a Chance of showers and temperatures slightly below mainly Cloudy tuesday with temperatures slightly below Normal readings of 13 and temperatures Canada and the world Gle Lawn collegiate open House will be held from to 9 wednesday in the school 770 marys awards for academic excellence achieved during the 198081 school year will be presented to Grade 11 and 12 students of the big Brothers association of Winnipeg will hold a series of information meetings with the first one to be held from 7 to 9 thursday in James Myca 150 ferry Leader of the Western Canada will speak for the cause of Western Independence at thursday in the Viscount Gort motor he will also speak 2 at the Canadian Entrance to the Assiniboine Park zoo via the South Gate off Corydon Avenue will be closed beginning thursday until the the main Entrance will remain open every lipreading courses will be offered from 10 to 11 beginning thursday at 185 Smith Street and from 1 to 2 mondays starting 19 at kiwanis Centre for the 285 Pembina win Tario up nine winning numbers were selected yesterday in the win Tario the number is the four numbers Worth Are 554082 and other winning numbers Are 76569 1565 Winfall deaths classified death National 14 4 is 6 13 1 13 4 20 8 13 5 17 7 20 3 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