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Doctors Warned To Go Easy on
"Happiness Pills1 for Depressed
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By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York (W It takes an
expert to recognize a depressed
ppron and even experts run the
risk of confus
ing a depress
ed person with
an anxious
one. This strik
ing insight in
to people was
contained i n
the newest
warning to
family doctors
Delos Smith to go easy on
giving "happy pills" to the de
pres2d. Dr. Frank J. Ayd Jr., well
known psychiatric specialist of
Baltimore, said the "happy pills"
(and he included the whole fam
ily of tranquilizing drugs) were
"depressants" of the sympathet
ic nervous system and were dan
gerous vH?n given to depressed
persons.
A depressed person already is
suffering from under-reactivity
of the sympathetic system, he
said, and so "to superimpose a
drug which(S a sympathetic de
itfessant only aggravates the ex
isting emotional depression and
increases the risk of suicide."
(ijLitt the Symptoms
Yet family doctors continue to
prescribe them for people who
shouldn't have them, he said.
Ayd assumed these qogtors ei
ther were confusing Ihe tran
quillizing drugs with the family
or stimulating drugs, or didn't
recognize depression when they
saw it.
If it were the latter, it was un
derstandable, he said. Depres
sions are hard to recognize in
othe people although they are
"among the most common ill
nesses" the general medical man
sees. One reason is that the de
pressed person has at least one
Bet of engaging physical symp
toms when he goes to a doctor
and will, the chances are, try to
hide his depression.
Nevertheless "everything
about his appearance and behav
ior suggests otherwise," Ayd
said (f "Current Medical Di
gest." "He may-orce himself to
talk, not to crypto smile, to ap
pear cheerful, yet he walks
slowly, reacts sluggishly and ap
pears dull and lacking in vital
ity. During an interview it is
evident that his thinking Is re
tarded as well."
Anxious persons also go to
doctors with sets of physical
symptoms which will also prove
unjustified when investigation
turns up no bodily causes for
them. These anxious persons can
be helped by "happy pills"
whereas the depressed are harm
ed. So the two must be told
apart.
Must Study Moods
Look at moods, Ayd said. In
one the mood is primarily de
pressed, and anxiety is second
ary. In the other, anxiety is out
standing and depression is sec
ondary. The deprsed usually
are reluctant to talk about their
symptoms but the anxious are
eager to talk about them. The
depressed person will be critical
of himself and blame himself
but the anxious person will think
he's an all right Joe and blame
other people.
The depressed person has lost
his interests and no matter what
is happening, he pays very little
attention to what goes on around
him. But the anxious person usu
ally hangs onto his interests and
he responds to what happens
around him. The depressed per
son feels worse in the morning:
the anxious person, in the evening.
The depressed person can be
helped by proper treatment, Ayd
said, but he is not going to be
helped if he is told: "There is
nothing really wrong with you.
Get a hold on yourself. Stop
worrying. Get a hobby. Go out
more. You have to cure your
self." "Such platitudes," Ayd con
tinued, "are a grave injustice to
the patient and an admission to
medical ignorance. It causes rel
atives to pressure the patient to
attempt to do things which he is
unable to do. This increases his
feelings of inadequacy and hopelessness."
HORNBROOK
Halloween Carnival Held
By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN
Hornbrook The Halloween
carnival Oct. 31 at the Grange
hall sponsored and presented by
the Parents club of the local
grammar school brought out one
of the largest crowds of the year
in this community.
In the costume parade, prizes
for the most original went to
Frankie and Jeanie Cardoza; for
the prettiest to Barbara Burcell;
and for the funniest to Terry
Cobb. Al Kutsky won the live
turkey, and Bertha Bradley the
ham. Pat Williams was voted
queen of the seventh and eighth
grade room, and Steve McMaster
had the most votes for king.
The Parents club, through
their president, Mrs. Frank Car
doza, expressed appreciation to
residents in making the carnival
a success. The proceeds will be
used to purchase equipment for
the new wing which is being
added to the school.
A Halloween party was given
Tuesday afternoon in the social
room of the Community Metho
dist church for the smaller chil
dren who have been attending
Sunday school regularly. Assist
ing In the games and refresh
ments were Mrs. Carl Williams,
Mrs. Harley Baker, Mrs. Robert
Farmer, Mrs. Harry Chapman,
and Miss Shirley Moffett.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bear and
John and Mike Brunk attended a
farewell party in Yreka Satur
day evening in honor of Father
Patrick McTague of St. Joseph's
Catholic church, who is being
transferred to St. Joseph's Par
ish in North Sacramento. He will
be succeeded in Yreka by the
Rev. Thomas Boland of Colfax,
Calif.
Downtown Trade
Competition Higher
Chicago m The motorist
trade that downtown stores have
lost to the suburban shopping
centers cannot be won back,
Mabel Walker, executive direc
tor of the Tax Institute, wrote
in Public Management, magazine
of the International City Man
agers' Association.
Regional centers are growing
rapidly, Miss Walker wrote, and
competition for the remaining
downtown trade has increased.
Regional branches of downtown
stores are often more profitable
than the parent stores, she
added.
Miss Walker predicted that
urban redevelopment, although
having some importance, will
not bring suburbanites back into
town except from time to time.
City stores can remain pros
perous, she said, by serving
those who remain in the city,
but the appeal must be to the
pedestrian, not the motorist.
on her heel about two weeks ago
at a Sacramento hospital. She
expects to have the cast removed
from her foot in two weeks.
Wednesday, NoYStnber 6 1937
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEJf
Max Howard is in Siskiyou
County General hospital in Yre
ka where he was taken last
Wednesday. He suffered a severe
cut on the upper part of his
thigh when a saw he was operat
ing at the local mill slipped and
struck him.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walsh and
daughter, Sharee, attended the
wedding at the First Baptist
church in Yreka Sunday of Miss
Charlotte Hufford and Robert
Houdeshell. Miss Walsh, a class
mate at Yreka High and a friend
of the bride, served at the wed
ding reception.
Mrs. Duane Hamner returned
to her home here last weekend
from the Ashland hospital where
she underwent surgery earlier in
the week.
Also returning home last Sat
urday was Miss Hellen Whitten
who had skin-grafting surgery
Preliminary work was done
last weekend toward preparing
the inside of the Grange hall for
a coat of paint. A series of card
parties will be given to increase
the building repair fund, accord
ing to Mrs. Tom Collister, who is
chairman of the building com
mittee. The first of these parties
will be given on Saturday, Nov.
16, at 8 p.m. at the Grange hall
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ohlund re
turned home Sunday evening
from a visit in Portland with
their son and his family. The vis
it became an extended one when
both of them contracted influenza.
The Hornbrook Water com
pany began work last weekend
on installation of 2,400 feet of
new pipe line. The work is ex
pected to be completed next
weekend.
Americans consume 42 mil
lion aspirin tablets daily, the
Health News Institute reports.
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