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Show X ) i j REFLEX JOURNAL AUGUST 12, 1982 BULLETIN LEADER Davis Approves $98,000 For New Computer Phase Davis: Dealing With Mental Illness Editor Note: Staff members and friends of Davis County Mental Health have agreed to provide a monthly column for the Clipper and the Reflex, with a view to keeping residents in touch with current and local mental health issues, services, and attitudes. Reader inquires and comments are encouraged, and should be addressed to: P.O. Box 689 Farmington, Ut. 84025. We introduce with pleasure this first column of the series. Im subject of mental illness? Most of us can remember when many work applications inquired if the applicant had ever been hospitalized for nervous disorders. When we hear on the local news that a former mental patient is holding hostages or a psychiatric patient has escaped from... we experience the stigma attached for countless years to the mentally ill. going crazy! DR. JUDITH Rabkin, a research scientist at the New HES LOST his mind. I'm not all there. COMMENTS SUCH as these pepper the conversations of the most well adjusted among us; we are all accus- tomed to hearing such re- marks. But, as a county, how are we really dealing with the York Psychiatric Institute, tells us that attitudes have changed since the fifties, but not radically, and in some rather subtle ways. (Attitudes Toward the Mentally 111: Research Perspectives. Report of an NIMH Workshop. DHHS Publication No. (ADM) 80-- MANY FORMER mental patients seem to make good social recoveries, but the chronically disabled continue to be shunned and stigmatized. Former mental patients are not treated like former medical 1031, 1980). Fear and dislike head the list of attitudes held by the general public toward mentally ill persons. The recent John Hinckley trial brought much of this antipathy to the surface. A person could almost hear the fear: He could be back on the streets in 90 days. patients when it comes to housing, school admission, jobs, or general good will. IN DAVIS County we may be considered fortunate to DR. RABKINS findings show that while we know more about mental illness than we did in the 50s, as a population we still dont know enough. Today, it is less socially acceptable to state our fears outloud, so we tend to nurture our possible biases and misconceptions and say little about them. The following are have a well staffed and efficient mental health program which includes services for drug and alcohol abuse, individual, marriage, and family counseling, and crisis intervention in a variety of settings. Each of the available programs in the county will be discussed in depth in columns to among her other conclusions: More stigma is attached to obviously disturbed behavior than to the label alone. follow, but in the meanwhile, it might be a good idea to do some private g and discover our own attitudes through some questions such Bv GARY R. BLODGETT as: HOW WOULD I react to hearing that my neighbor had been admitted to a psychiatric unit, as opposed to hearing that e had been admitted to a hospital for surgery? How would I feel if my e had spouse told me been going to Davis County Mental Health for counseling the last several months, as compared with seeing a physician for iron injections? he-sh- HOW WOULD 1 treat a if 1 newly hired knew that the person w as a former mental patient? Whether we talk about it or not. most of us will likely find our ow n attitudes in need of some updating. FARMINGTON - Davis County Commission has approved the purchase of the first phase of a computer and equipment costing an esti- mated $98,000. THE COMPUTER will be used primarily for engineering and planning but may also be utilized by the assessor's department. The initial programming of the computer will he the development of a master plan for flood control throug-ou- t the county. Planning Director Harold J. Tippetts said only $60, (XX) has been budgeted for the project - which will be paid over two' and requested that years $2,500 of this year's appropria-- - tion be deferred until next year. THE COMMISSION approved the request, noting that to purchase the equipment now would save the county S2.000 in rental fees. It was also decided that at least two. or perhaps thiee persons will be trained to operate the computer. For the time being. Davis County will have an agreement vv ith Utah Coun- ty to use the equipment through a telephone linkup system. DEPITY Planner Chris Schaeffer, who has directed the research into use of a computer system, told the commissioners earlier that the new computer svstem will be compatible with the county's existing system but would contain a higher degi ee of memory system that would giv e the sy even mote independence and would iclieve the buiden on the county's existing computer and stall. In other action during the brief commission meeting last lhursday. the commission apptov cd the recommendation of the IXivis County Counei! on Aging to elect Robert Kay. 165 V. "5(1 North Clearfield, to fill the uticxpiied tetni ot I ueiile Mahey on the Connell's bo. ltd of dn colors MR. k A will till the unex-pneterm ol M"s. Mahey w ho died tecentlx until Dee 5 14N2. He w ill be eligible lot at that tune Also. Mrs Clover Sanders, r.s Mill Road, kaysvillc was elected to er e as second tee diaa man of the council nu'il us2. and this action Dec. 31 was appioved bv he . . v . SWOP TOMS, mSAVEU v CX Urges Close Look At School Board We are soon going to be faced with another school board election and as citizens we should take a good look at how our tax dollars are going to be handled. SCHOOLS ARE the biggest business in the state and more of your tax money is used for schools than any other single business. Davis County School District alone has budgeted 98 million dollars for 1982. The four Salt Lake County School Districts have planned to spend 474 million dollars. Just what is the job of the school board? They are re- sponsible for the wise distribution and spending of all the school monies allocated from your taxes. Some people are of the mistaken notion that a school teacher is the ideal person to serve on the school TOP SIRLOIN A and R Big Dog FRANKS WATERMELONS iib-- . Meat or Beef ,0 0 fseason election using 39 lb. 1 lb., Golden Soft MARGARINE should also know that we the people are very sensitive about how our money is spent and we hate to see bribes and payoffs in school construction. He should take a good look at some of the classes our taxes are paying for. Are they all necessary for a good education? He should take a look at the salaries of some of the school administrators. Is it necessary to have such plush school administration thousands of your tax dollars and crying that they are broke and will have to cut back on your poor childs education. 1 have noticed that more money has not created better education. Why dont we elect school board members who will really understand the needs of the people and work toward that goal? have had much personal experience with gains and losses so he can hurt a little when spending our money. 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