MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
MONDAY. MAY 1, 1981
Early Treatment of Mental Illness Improves Chances of Recovery
Bible Conference
Gets Under Way I n
Medford Tonight
;The West Coast regional
Bible conference of the Na
tional Child Evangelism Fel
lowship will get under way
this evening at the First
Church of the Nazarene, 520
North Holly st.
Approximately ISO dele
gates from seven western
states are expected, according
to Mrs. Nina Gain, local Child
Evangelism director.
The conference will begin
at 7:15 o'clock. The Rev. Rle
dar Kalland, Los Angeles, as
sociate national director of the
Child Evangelism Fellowship
will be in charge. He ' will
speak on ' the conference
theme "Greatest in the King
dom." Music will include a
vocal solo by Roland Gangstee
of First Baptist church and an
accordion selection by Danny
Hill of Berean Baptist church.
Dr. Frank R. Mann, Grand
Rapids, Mich., national direc
tor, will be introduced.
Local Ministers
', Local ministers will par
ticipate in the conference. Ses
sions will continue through
Friday with a 1:30 p.m. ban
quet scheduled at the church.
Daily sessions will be held
Tuesday through Friday at 9
a.m.; 12:15 p.m. luncheon in
the church fellowship hall,
and Tuesday' and Thursday
1:30 p.m. sessions. Wednesday
afternoon a tour of Jackson
ville has been scheduled. Eve
nings sessions start at 7:15
pjn. daily. All sessions are
open to the public.
The morning schedules in
clude Miss Glee Cooper, San
Luis Obispo, Calif., at. 9:30
a.m. teaching visual aids, and
Miss Ruth Turnwall, Pacific
Palisades, Calif., managing
editor of the Child Evangel
ism magazine, at 10:15 a.m.,
v ho will teach a course on
Child Study. Other morning
speakers are Mrs. Shirley
Wisner, Los Angeles, teaching
evangelism; and Dr. Kenneth
Miles, Seattle, Wash., Bible
study. - - .
Tuesday at 1:30 pjn. Ed
ward Case, missionary of the
International Child Evangel
ism Fellowship to Cuba will
report. It will be followed by
Dr. Mann's talk on "Children:
Our ' Golden Opportunity."
Roy Mathison, Los Angeles,
Christian Promotion and Ad
vertising, will speak at 3 p.m.
This schedule will be repeated
Thursday except Ira Hovey,
missionary to the Philippine
Islands will speak.
Management Session Tuesday
The first annual southern
Oregon management confer
ence will be held tomorrow
at the Rogue Valley Country
club.
Sponsored by the Medford
Chamber of Commerce in co
operation with Dr. R. W.
Lindholm, dean of the Uni
versity of Oregon School of
Business Administration, the
first session will start at 10
a.m.
Registration begins at 9:30
a.m. with the group joining
the Rotary club for luncheon.
Topics to be discussed dur-
Mrs. H. A. Berntson, Jack
sonville, will be in charge of
the Wednesday afternoon tour
of Jacksonville. '
Evening Schedule
The evening program will
start at 7:15 p.m. with songs
directed by the Rev. E. L.
Rassmussen, Oakland, Calif.;
introduction of CEF state di
rectors; music by local groups
with Dr. Miles speaking at 8
p.m. on "Does God's Word
Affect You?"
- Tuesday evening the Med
ford High school choir direct
ed by Lynn SJolund will sing
and an organ solo by Miss
Lana Stiles of the Free Meth
odist church will be played.
Wednesday the Nazarene
church will provide music and
Thursday it will be by Trinity
Baptist church.
Following Dr. Miles' talk,
films will be shown nightly.
It
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Markets" by Dr. Norman
Taylor; ."Business Decisions,
Payoffs and Adequate Profits"
by Dr. David A. Baerncopf,
and "Selection or Develop
ment - Management s Peren
nial Dilemma" by Dr. John B.
Miner.
Dr. O. K. Burrell will speak
on "The Flow of Gold and
Its Effect on Business" at the
noon luncheon. Dr. Burrell is
professor of finance and is an
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Things To Know
To Protect Self
Against Disorder
Editor'! note: Thin is the first
of four dispatches in which Dr.
Georca I. suvcnion, a noted psy
chiatrist and president-elect of the
World Federation for Mental
Health discusses what the layman
should know about mental illness.
Dr. Stevenson, of Red Bank, N. J.,
is a past president of the American
Psychiatric association.
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GEORGE S. STEVENSON,
M.D.
Consultant. National
Association for Mental Health
! When we have an ulcer we
feel pain. We may relieve it
with a drug or a selective diet,
and follow a regime of do's
and don't's to encourage the
healing process. With varia
tions, we guard ourselves
against many illnesses. Our
century of medical achieve
ment has taught us how to
give ourselves the best pos
sible chance when sickness
threatens.
And that includes mental
sickness. .
Mental and emotional dis
orders are sicknesses: They
are disturbances of function
that can be diagnosed and
treated. And the earlier many
or tnem are treated, the better
the chances of recovery.
Things You Should Know :
So there are things you
should know to protect your
self and your family against
mental illness.
But you may ask, "Why
me?" and declare you aren't
"ready for the booby hatch"
and that your Aunt para may
be "eccentric" but "not off
er rocker." These are flip
whistlings in the dark. Per
haps because the very thought
of mental disorder fills you
with alarm; perhaps because
you have never really dis
carded the superstitions and
stigmas which still cloud the
subject - in spite of the un
derstanding that has broken
through the miasma of mis
conceptions that have obscur
ed mental illness throughout
the centuries.
The first step toward men
tal health is to acknowledge
that a mental disorder is noth
lng that one should be asham
ed of, that it can happen with'
in the circle of your family
and friends. If it is hard to be
lieve, ask yourself if you don't
know someone who has been
mentally or emotionally sick
enough to need care in a hos
pital or clinic, or privately.
And then absorb these facts:
Many Hospitalised
On any day in the year,
there are as many people hos
pitalized with mental illness
as with all other diseases com
bined. And half of all medi
cal and surgical cases treated
in hospitals or privately are
primarily emotional or com
plicated by emotional factors.
. An emotional or mental dis
order may be as mild as a
head cold or as severe as a
coronary.
In other words, mental ill
ness and mental health aren't
'black and white.' Between
are every color and shade of
the spectrum, gradation from
the quite normal person to the
mentally sick person for
whom there is little hope -at
present.
In recent years scientists
have discovered ways to treat
disorders once considered
hopeless, and long range re
search continues to probe for
the factors - the ultimate
mystery of the different kinds
of mental illness, the cause or
causes of psychoses about
which we now know little.
Psychoses and neuroses are
the two major groupings of
mental and emotional illness.
Psychoses are severe men
tal illnesses. They are found
in all parts of the world, prim
itive or civilized; many of
them are unrelated to stand
ards of living, ideologies and
other environmental factors.
World of Unreality
The psychotic la forced by
the factors, partially or total
ly, into a world of unreality.
He often has periods of nor
mality; the change from clar
ity to unreality can occur
within the hour. Some victims
of psychosis may become ad
justed and live fairly normal
lives, raising families and
holding Jobs. When one meets
them one is aware of 'oddness'
or 'strangeness' rather than
derangement. '
We shall return to the psy
choses when we come to the
specific problems of the
young, the middle-aged and
the elderly.'
Many more people suffer
from neuroses, and fortunate
ly, in certain respects, we
know much more about these
emotional disorders.
But before we go on to ex
plore them, let me settle a
doubt that may be large In
your mind. Every one of us
behaves abnormally, unreaiis
tically and even Irrationally
on occasion. It doesn't mean
that we are emotionally or
mentally sick.
None of us is immune to dis-
dividual Instincts and desires
collide with the taboos and
traditions of socity. No social
system is perfect, nor can it
ever be from the viewpoint of
the individual. Ideally, society
can only seek to give as much
freedom as possible to the
greatest number and enforce
sacrifices of individual liber
ty necessary to avoid anarchy
a-.d chaos.
Neurosis Occurs
With occasional transient
exceptions, the normal person
learns to bend to the reality
of this compromise. Neuroses
occur when we fail to resolve
our emotional conflicts and
repress them into our uncon
scious. The neurotic doesn't
lose touch with the real world,
but he sees it out-of-focus, as
he fears it to be or wishes it
to be.
He usually sees himself as
Inferior and helpless, and oth
ers as stronger and sure of
themselves. There may be lit
tle basis in fact for the neurot
ic's feelings of self-doubt, In
security, fear of being hurt.
But that doesn t make these
feelings less painful.
Driven to overcome them
whatever the nurotic does is
apt to be exaggerated: He is
too anxious, too afraid, too
suspicious and angry; and
with the swing of the pendu
lum, he becomes too friendly,
too trusting, too enthusiastic,
too generous, brave and self-sacrificing.
When he cannot bear the
pain of dealing directly with
his emotions, he may develop
ar unconscious stratagem to
side-step them. This strata
gem, if continued becomes his
neurotic way of life.
Flights Into Fantasy
The pattern may be escape:
Avoiding people; taking long
flights into fantasy, day
dreaming, watching TV for
hours; drinking; avoiding
change, responsibilities of a
new job or marriage.
Or attack: The chip on the
shoulder; sensitivity to advice;
hostility sights set for any tar
get - children, mate, employ
er, fellow worker, neighbors
and friends,
Then there is the better-
than-you-are pattern: Striving
for distinction as a scholar or
power in politics; seeking
wealth to display superiority
or women to prove manliness.
It's normal to try to excel, but
the neurotic pushes himself
beyond endurance and others
without mercy. And in the
end this ruthless accomplish-
ment means little. He remains
unconvinced and looks for
new way to prove himself.
The egocentric pattern is
easy to recognize - in others!
Talking endlessly about frus
trations, fears, hopes and
achievements; not listening
when others talk. The self
centered neurotic cannot
share. Friendship, if he can
find it, is a one-way street. He
expects to be given time, at
tention, concern and money.
. Of course, these neurotic
patterns overlap, as do symp
toms of neurosis, which we'll
talk about in the next dis
patch. (Next! The signs of a neurosis.)
Strictly Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) General Features Corp.
Harrli
CONTRASTING
TEMPERAMENTS ;
There are, basically, two
kinds of temperaments in the
world:
. Those who
get to the air
port early
enough to gas,
oil and wash
their plane,
and those who
get there just
as the gates
are closing
Those who
squeeze their
toothpaste from the bottom of
the tube and roll it up, and
those who squeeze It any
which way, losing the top in
the process.
Those who sieep raw, un
der a thin sheet, and like the
windows open at night; and
those who sleep in flannels,
under blankets, and like the
windows closed at night.
Those who read their news
papers neatly folded page by
page, and leave them in the
same condition they were
found in; and those who de
tach the sheets and scatter
them in unholy disorder.
Those who love parties,
danclns. conviviality and late
hours; and those who fall
aDart by 9 P.m. and are at
their peak waking at 6 a.m.
Those who carefully item
ize their checkbook stubs,
balance their accounts, and
know how to budget their
outlay; and those who have
no Idea of how many checks
they wrote, charges they ran
up, or money left in tne nans,
if any. -
Those who flourish in, out
door surroundings, and whose
Idea of joy is huddling damp
ly in a marsh waiting for
ducks; and those whose noses
begin to run after a few min
utes in the great outdoors.
Those who enjoy the elab
orate and Ingenious prepara
tion of new and exotic dishes,
and those who want nothing
but bacon and eggs with
ketchup poured all over the
concoction.
Those who believe that
regimen of strlckness and
discipline is the only way to
bring up a child; and those
who believe that easiness and
freedom contribute more to
the child's character.
Those who want the house
filled with company at every
possible opportunity, - and
those who find entertaining a
painful burden and an Inva
sion of privacy,, .
Those whose Idea of "trav
el" is dashing about from
point to point, moving fre
quently, and taking in all the
sights; and those whose idea
of travel is renting a house
on a secluded beach, and ly
ing on the sand.
Those who look forward
without fear to growing old,
and those who dread it mor
tally and do everything to
perpetuate the Illusion of
youth.
These are, basically, the
two kinds of temperaments in I
the world - and it is the su
preme irony of the human
condition that almost invari
ably they are married to each
other.
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