Show Standard-Examin- 1982 August 12 Thursday er 1 IE On the Pulse Children DO try suicide Dear Dr Bosker: MD By GIDEON M BOSKER Dear Dr Bosker: I have a son who is constantly doing things like swallowing pills and knocking his head against his toys For a while I thought this was just par for the course but now I am starting to think that there may be something wrong psychologically Can children this age engage in willful tive behavior? — JC Philadelphia self-destructi- self-destru- ve c- Dear JC: At a recent meeting of the American Psychiatric Association a pediatric psychiatrist described children as young as 2Vfe years old who have tried to kill themselves She warned that many accidental poisonings and accidents in this age group may in fact be suicide attempts Dr Perihan Rosenthal an associate professor of psychiatry discussed eight suicidal patients between the ages of 2Vz and 4 that she has seen over the past five years “No one can accept the possibility that children that young could seek to destroy themselves” she commented The evidence however suggests that this is ‘Z" indeed the case and that many psychiatrists are merely resistant to the idea Rosenthal suggests that many children who engage in self-- destructive acts do not believe that death will be final but think of it as “going away” I am 68 years old and depend on Medicare What effect will government cuts in the Medicare budget have on people my age? — HG Portland Ore Dear HG: The “compromise budget” passed by Congress this past June will compromise access to health care for many of the elderly who are presently receiving Medicare support The budget calls for a $154 billion slash in Medicare over the next three years — the biggest cutback in any social program Many of the cuts hit hospital coffers and the pocketbooks of doctors but a number of the excisions will be especially painful for the elderly The nine major revisions that are now before the House Ways and Means Committee include recommendations to impose a 5 percent charge on all home visits allow only “co-paymen- 5 inflation-adjuste- d t” percent increases in doctors’ fees next year instead of the planned 89 percent and increase monthly premiums to $1550 — a rise of derly would collect a present amount for services rendered Critics of the proposed revisions charge that the reduction in physicians’ reimbursement will merely deter doctors from treating Medicare patients Critics also say that requiring employers to offer older workers private health insurance (another of the nine proposals) would discourage them from hiring the elderly “None of these steps will create an overall reduction in hospital inflation” says Jack Christy a legislative representative for the American Association of Retired Persons “Instead they will challenge our access to health care” People of all ages die of t S To our OPEN HOUSE unless you leant the “BEST” Interest Bates in Town! 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