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Schizophrenia Is A Most Common
Severe Mental Illness
Editor’s Note: This is one in
a series of articles about your
health which will appear regu
larly in the Covington News as
a public service feature.)
By The Medical Association
Os Georgia
Schizophrenia, which means
“split mind” or “shattered
mind,” claims more victims
than any other severe mental
disorder, or psychosis. It is
sometimes called the psychosis
of youth because it often be
gins in adolescence or early
adulthood.
“The disease is characterized
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by fundamental disturbances
in the thinking process, with
drawal into oneself and by a
distinct disharmony between
thinking and feeling.
The thought processes of the
schizophrenic vary in the de
gree of abnormality. Some
complain of having no thoughts
whatsoever. Others say their
thoughts are “pressured” by
some force. Their mental as
sociations do not follow the
usual, normal, logical sequence.
Withdrawal into himself may
be marked by the schizoph-
renic’s losing interest in his
usual activities.
Disharmony between think
ing and feeling may be appar
ent when his mood is not in
keeping with his thought. For
instance, he may smile broad
ly as he describes a catastro
s phe in his life.
Often the first sign of schi
i zophrenia is odd, bizarre or
i extravagent behavior. But the
disease may also show itself
» in apathy or poorly directed
• activity.
> Intellectual deterioration, re
; gression to childhood behavior,
, delusions —unrealistic thought,
and hallucinations —unrealistic
sensory perceptions such as a
visual illusion or the hearing
i of voices—occur in the later
stages.
Left untreated schizophren
ia usually leads to profound
deterioration. Generally speak
ing, the earlier in the course of
i the disease the patient
is treated, the better his
chances of recovery. Unfortu
nately, many schizophrenics
are not recognized and treat
i ed until their disease is past
I its early stages.
Diagnosing schizophrenia in
’ its early stages is difficult. A
person in the early stages of
। the disease usually complains
|of great anxiety—an anxiety
i that prevades all areas of his
life. Antoher common com-
I plaint is depression.
I Aside from these symptoms,
he may appear perfectly nor-
i mal. He may be successful at
his job and exhibit no obvi
ous signs of disordered think-
I ing. But a closer look will re
veal something amiss. He may
have many acquaintances, but
only a few intimate friends.
And even these few intimate
friends do not enjoy his con
ficences. He goes through the
motions of living and outward
ly conforms to the demands of
। society. But he doesn’t feel or
' think normally about his life.
In his sexual life, he separ
ates love and sexual pleasure.
’ If he’s married, he may grow
indifferent to his mate and
j prefer casual extramarital re
i lations.
Describing what is troubling
him, he may be vague, repeti
' tive and contradictory. Unlike
j the person suffering from a
neurosis—a mental illness less
serious than schizophrenia or
one of the other psychoses—he
can’t present his symptoms in
a logically consistent way.
Further complicating recog-
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CALLAWAY GARDENS HOSTS
NORTH-SOUTH BOAT RACES
Boat racing is the vogue this Spring and Ida Caaon Callaway
|Gardena are setting the pace for the nation by being hosts to the
1961 North-South Boat Championship.
The Yankees will invade the southern territory in large
numbers for the nationally known popular outboard racing event
on Saturday and Sunday, April 15-16. The racing eliminations
will be held on Robin Lake at 12 noon both daya. Competition
begins at 2 p.m. Saturday and at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Thousands of visitors swarmed last year to witness over 150
hydroplanes and runabouts race to the finish line. This year
thousands more will gather their winter-paled families, their
cameras, sun lotion and picnic lunches for a weekend of excite
ment and sun.
During the weekend of April 15-16 the beach will not be open
for swimming, water skiing, speedboats or riverboat rides. How
ever, the dining pavilion will be open for business and the minia
ture train, paddleboats, eanoes, trampolines and trolley will be in
full operation. Admission prices are 75 cents for adults and
35 cents for children.
Robin Lake Beach will open for summer season on April 22
at 9 a.m. This is one week after the pre-beach opening activities
of the North-South Championships.
Motels and restaurants in towns surrounding the Gardens
and Pine Mountain offer the best in comfort and good food. The
Gardens are 27 miles north of Columbus and 85 miles south of
Atlanta. Entrances to the beach and clubhouse area are on U.S.
Highway 27, just two miles south of Pine Mountain. A network
of highways links the Gardens to every part of the state and
region.
Whether your family numbers two or twenty, whether you
have an hour or a month’s vscstion, a happy holiday awaits you
at the Gardens. For beauty—a five-mile scenic drive surrounded
by wild flowers and bordering mountain lakes, flower trails of
Azalea, Holly, Magnolia and Rhododendron. For sport—golf, fish
ing, water-skiing. For relaxation—picknicking, bird study, scenie
boat rides. For fun—swimming, Bicycle boats, dancing in the open
air pavilion. For every one—a unique Gardens Country Store.
Beauty, Sport, Relaxation. Fun—They’re all yours at the
Ida Cason Callaway Gardens—Georgia’s Garden of Eden!
—by LAURA ANDERSON
Disabled Workers
Now Eligible
For S. S. Benefits
There’s good news for dis
abled persons under 50, ac
cording to Mr. Joseph R. Mur
phy, District Manager of t h e
Atlanta Social Security Office.
Before last year’s amend
ments to the social security law
a disabled worker under 50
could have his social security
record “frozen”,, but he a n d
his family could not be paid
monthly benefits until he
reached age 50.
This is now changed. Any
person under age 65 who meets
the definition of “disability” in
the social security law, and who
has worked long enough in em
ployment coverage by social
security may be eligible for
benefits, regardless of age.
“If you are a disabled work
er under age 65”, Mr. Murphy
urges, “consult your social se
curity office right away to see
if you are eligible for monthly
benefits.”
Persons who are so severely
disabled that they cannot work
and who have immediate hopes
of recovery, and who have
worked under social security
nition of the patient with ear
ly schizophrenia is the fact
that normal persons exhibit the
usual early signs of the disease
from time to time. But this
doesn’t mean they have schi
zophrenia. In normal persons
the unusual behavior wears off
after a while.
Doc MAG says:
At present the best hope for
treating persons with schizo
phrenia is to begin treatment
when the disease is in its early
stages. It’s not easy to recog
nize. But be alert to the early
signs and when they occur do
whatever you can to see that
the affected person gets help.
The U. S. Department of Ag
riculture purchased more than
7 million pounds of chicken in
March for use in the National
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for at least 5 out of the 10 years
just before becoming disabled
should apply immediately.
Disability insurance benefits
for disabled workers under age
50 and their families were
first payable for the month of
November 1960.
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Brown Scott
Describes Naval
Tour Os Duty
Editor’s Note — Brown W.
Scott is the son of Mrs. Joe A.
Durden, Oxford, and his step
father is Joe A. Durden. He
attended Emory-at-Oxford be
fore entering the Navy in
1959.)
* * * •
It was raining that day in
Gl Dividends
Paid Early
The regular 1961 dividend
on GI life insurance has been
paid early this year as part of
the President’s program to
boost the nation’s economy.
Veterans who have received
advance dividends on GI life
insurance should make certain
they continue to pay their
premiums for the remainder of
the policy year.
Otherwise, reports Georgia
Veterans Service Director Pete
Wheeler, advance dividends
const it ute an overpayment
which will become an indebt
edness against the insurance.
Wheeler explained that the
Veterans Administration ad
vanced dividends on the as
sumption that policy premiums
will continue to be paid.
In addition to the regular
dividend, Wheeler said the
VA has announced that a
special dividend will be paid
World War I and II veterans
with NSLI and USGLI policies
beginning on July Ist of this
year.
Both regular and special di
vidends are made possible be
cause of the low death rates
among policyholders, Wheeler
said, adding that around 89.-
000 Georgia veterans will
share in the extra payments.
Offices of the Georgia De
partment of Veterans Service
offer advice and guidance on
all phases of GI insurance,
Wheeler said. The nearest
Veterans Service office is at
Courthouse and the manager is
Mrs. Dorothy Cason.
There is less danger of fer
tilizer injury to shrubs when
fertilizer is applied in split
applications, says Gerald E.
Smith, Extension horticultur
ist.
Washington. The streets were
black with wetness and the
marble columns and pillars of
the Government Buildings were
covered with tiny droplets of
moisture that seemeo to have
been drawn from the heart of
the marble itself. A stiff wind
was rattling the bare limbs of
the trees and I felt good in
my blue wool uniform.
I had been in the Navy for
ten months. During that time
I had crossed the continent
twice and had seen a great
deal of the eastern seaboard.
Now I was in one of the most
fascinating cities in the world,
Washington, and my thoughts
raced back over the past few
months and the sequence of
events that had brought me
here.
I was a little frightened as
I took the oath that made me a
part of the Naval Establish
ment. But that had worn away
to excitement as I left Atlanta
on the night flight to San Di
ego, California and boot camp.
Birmingham, a maize of bright
lights, was the first landmark
I recognized after leaving At
lanta. The new airport in DB
las, Texas was beautiful even
at two o’clock in the morning.
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Thursday, May IL 1961
Morning found me flying over
Los Angeles, its low hills cov
ered by a ragged blanket of its
legendary smog. Catalina Is
land, a hodge-podge of green
hills and coves basking in the
sun aroused in me an urge to
stop and explore. Finally, San
Diego where there was a wait
ing bus to take us green re
cruits to boot camp. Boot camp
wasn’t too bad, but I was glad
when it was all over and I was
on my way to Radioman
School at Norfolk. Virginia.
My training was over now
and I was about to take my
first assignment in the service
of my country. The sense of
greatness that is strong in
Washington made me even
more conscious of the corol
lary of Greatness, responsibil
ity. Doing my part in should
ering this responsibility had
carried me a long way. Now it
was to carry me farther from
my home for the next eighteen
months lay half-way around
the world in Asmara, Eriteria.
Ethiopia.
Brown W. Scott
Naval Comm. Unit
APO 843, N.Y., N.Y.