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Dear Sir:

I am writing with regards to the article, “Psych Unit Too Full’, April 10. The statement '‘in order for a person to be ad-

mitted they have to be a danger to them- -

selves or others,.,’’, suggests violence is the criteria for admission, ;

The B,C, Mental Health Act is about the care and protection of our citizens/loved ones who are victims of neurobiological disorders. .

The Mental Health Act criteria for medi- cal certification are:

1. The person is suffering from a disorder of the mind that seriously impairs his/her abilily to react appropriately to his/her en- vironment or to associate with others.

2. The person requires medical treatment ina provincial mental health facility.

3, The person requires care, supervision and control in a provincial mental health fa- cility for his/her own protection or for the protection of others.

. Protection is the key word: Protection from serious harm includes harm that re-

‘tates to the social, family, vocational or

financial life of a person as well as to the persons physical condition,

Police are one part of the team. Families (who become the experts), community, mental health staff, psychiatric staff and doctors, are all parts of the team which help people who are suffering receive the medi- cal treatment and care they need and deserve, so that they can regain their health.

Yes, some people with neurobiological

Protection the key

equesepanrenepeteemeene tra CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD

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disorders do have apparently lucid mo- ments, but also, due to the illness can lack insight and judgment about their need for medical treatment,

People can and should be held for 24 hours for observation, again for their own protection. Early treatment and stabilization on medication greatly improves the prog- nosis for people with chronic and severe brain diseases.

New and better anti psychotic medica- tions continue to become available, and there is a great explosion of information being generated by the new brain research. Many people can now, with timely and ade- quate treatment and support, live satisfac- tory lives in the community.

If bed shortage is preventing admission and deprives people of their fundamental right to proper medical treatment and care, 4 reassessment of the use of tax dollars needs to be made.

Eileen Callanan,

B.C, Schizophrenia Society, Terrace Branch,

Terrace B.C.

Dear Sir;

- We have read of a new develop- ment coming into town. We are told it is a major commercial de- velopment. We are told where it will be located. We are not told what it will be.

The council, if we believe what we are told, is not told what it will be, We are not told what the planner knows, or when he knew it

Council, in spite of not know- ing, saw a development carrot be- fore their eyes and charged, blindly. The press, too timid to be in the pile up, stood by and en- couraged the mob. -

We still do not know what is coming. The rumours are every- where, vivid in hue and colour. It

You needa plan to plan

How do you plan for a thing, when you don’t know what plan you are planning for?

What do you tell the neighbours when the Wal-Mart they had ex- pected turns out to be a potato warehouse or worse, a sawmill, Someone has to know. Is some- one keeping it a secret? Does anyone remember council’s resc- tion when the Nisga’a bargained in secret?

In order to plan just the traffic aspect, you have to know how much traffic will be generated by the development, or you can’t plan a plan. a .

Watch out, or this unplanned parenthood could end up with a “gorilla.

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