Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 9, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Crisis Rise in Calls to social agencies results in More Busy signals by Janine Macdonald free press correspondent Hen people Are f so troubled that they decide to reach out and touch someone via the the last thing they need to hear is a Busy but that what an estimated 66 per cent of Manitoba depressed teens got last year when they called the teen touch distress according to recent Manitoba Telephone system getting a Busy say can heighten a troubled persons sense of often making them feel even worse and More but the solution to the Busy Sig Nal problem int for crisis Cen tres to install More telephones says Carolyn executive director of the Manitoba chapter of the Canadian mental health association suicidal and depressed people need More Access to direct counselling for mental health Strutt says overloaded phone lines for suicidal and depressed people Are a symptom of a larger with waiting lists of More than six months at most she says the government must look at people having Access to other there need to be More free or inexpensive counselling services so people dont need to use the crisis phone lines so Strutt crisis lines began appear ing in Manitoba about 25 years they afford peo ple who want to talk about their problems with anonymity and easy Access to getting most operate on tight budgets modestly paid staff members supervise the and Well trained volunteers answer the phone but the recent dramatic increase in the numbers of Calls that the crisis phones Are receiving has social agencies such As clinic and teen touch feeling the crunch As they try to handle the growing demand for their ser although its has recommended that clinic increase their crisis lines from three lines to coordinator Tim Wall says All three lines Are not open All the time and that theres no Way Klin in can operate any More Tele phone crisis lines without additional while weve seen an increase in the number of Calls coming through there has been no increase in government says Wall adds that he is currently drafting a proposal to ask the Manitoba health services com Mission for to hire another full time crisis counsellor who would train and support Volun the extra he would also ensure that All three phone lines would be allow ing More callers to get its in the governments hands says i cant see them turning us stressful however Cynthia a communication officer for health minister Jim says that the teen and clinics proposal for More fund ing Are not enough to warrant a comment from a phone study and a few tips that people Are waiting three hours to get through int says if you can give me something then maybe Well the jump in the number of Tele phone Calls to Winnipeg crisis lines Doest Surprise opposition health critic Dave he says Hes even got people who Call him on a regular basis just because they need someone to talk Chomiak says there needs to be More health services at the local and that supporting Manitoba crisis phone lines would be Money Well if people who need coun Selling can talk out their prob lems before it is too it saves huge expenses Down the adds the situation for crisis lines was even worse during the Christ Mas officials with Many of the volunteers who answer the phones away on holi Christmas is a very stressful time of Strutt people expect it to be the most wonderful time of the and that can add quite a Strain because it usually Winnipeg free press Tempo january Section Gail c1 photo illustration by Wayne Lowacki Winnipeg free press beware of these warning signs studies show that 25 per cent of the population will become seriously depressed in their and that on any Given approximately five per cent of the population is a1993 Survey by the Canadian psychiatric association found that 81 per cent of depressed teenagers contemplating suicide confided in a rather than seeking help from parents or according to the Winnipeg school there Are a number of telling signs which could indicate that a depressed teenager is contemplating suicide including veiled or direct threats such As things would be better if i want sudden negative changes in behaviour such As personal performance in or dropping out of activities they once depression and their affairs in order by Patching up old making amends for past some typical signs of depression include loss of Energy to the Point of being tired All the or feelings of Lack of physical aches such As joint pain or stomach for mild depression can be treated by with a trusted Friend or a trying to pinpoint the reason for the bad feel Ings and find alternative Volunteer physical exercise and help available clip and keep this list of 24hour Telephone help lines that Are available in Winnipeg suicide clinic crisis line 786 and family services Osborne House my wac crisis line for abused women sexual assault crisis line a free distress line for Manitoba youth and their families 7831116 in win 1 8005638336 outside Black youth help line kids help phone run out of 1 salvation army Mobile unit for facet face help in dealing with a a member of this unit will come to your Home salvation army warm line for people who Are need advice or support 942 warm fat suction wave of future or Wavy skin by Marlene Habib Canadian press it sucks the fat right out of liposuction during which a Long Blun tipped instrument called a can Nula is used to vacuum out body fat has become the 1 cosmetic surgery procedure in North love thigh Dou ble chins there no longer a in its possible to drop a couple of dress or Pant sizes with the wave of a Cannula if you have the will and Finan Cial Means to Book a liposuction proce Dure with a plastic liposuction has revolutionized body says Wayne director of the cosmetic surgery Institute in we can do stuff to peo ple we do before liposuction came along its just As useful on the face and neck As it is on the and theres no liposuction seems so and it but its not risk Toni a real estate died liposuction by a if Ironto surgeon a massive blood f clot blocked the major arteries to her her death in 1991 was believed to be the first in Canada linked to the proce and its believed none have been reported although other possible complications include fat clots and infect Wavy look in the results Arent always if the skin int fat removal will result in a Wavy look on the skins baggy skin or liposuction has grown faster than any other cosmetic surgery before being introduced in North America in unwanted fat was Cut often leaving severe the american society of plastic and reconstructive with members in Canada and the United reports that procedures were performed in the last year for which figures Are informal figures put the figure at closer to More than any other cosmetic surgery although Many actors and a duels undergo the most patients Are regular canadians even fitness most Are although men Are increasingly taking the fat Suc toning and most Are Between age 30 and a 43yearold electrologist who didst want her last name paid a Vancouver cosmetic surgeon to have fat removed from her outer although close to her Ideal weight five Foo four and 125 pounds Dorothy said she inherited bulging thighs that respond to the Best part the fat wont Ever reappear because All the fat cells in that area of my thighs were removed As varying sizes because of More precise surgeons Are better Able to operate on smaller areas around the Ankles or under the the designs of the Cannulas instruments resembling a fencers sword that come in varying sizes for specific have More Junall Diml and theres More even suction from motor driven vacuum machines attached to the another innovation is removing fat from one part of the such As the and injecting it into another the for to achieve a pouty to achieve expert results with Liposec its essential to choose a skilled sur word of Mouth is a Good so is contacting professional organizations such As the Canadian society for aesthetic cosmetic based in for most Price rather than weighing the potential risks is the deciding Factor in whether to undergo Carman charges to depending on the men will come in to have fat usually about a litre removed from their while women will get anywhere from one to three litres of fat removed from their thigh and buttocks most operations take about an under local and theres Virtu ally no scarring an is made that less than a centimetre patients can return to work within a couple of depending on the they have to Wear a Tensor Bandage or Girdle like garment for anywhere from a few Days to eight this promotes skin shrinkage and minimizes swelling and liposuction is often performed in conjunction with other tech such As a Facelift with Lipo suction to remove local deposits of fat along the notes David Toronto based author of about face a Consumers guide to facial cosmetic surgery in Carman rarely recommends liposuction for the severely patients must be in Good health and have skin that resilient otherwise it May be saggy and Wavy after fat is proper diet and exercise should always be tried before considering stressed liposuction is not for anybody who wants to lose Large quantities of he it should always be thought of As a complement not diet and ;