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By Nancy Frie<
"Everyone g
situations som<
bara Calvert, C
director. "Th
difference betw
Hotline volum
timing."
Contact Help
available arou
whomever migl
average month 1
1,000 callers too
service.
One fourth ol
facing serious
which dealt witl
drugs, health. 1
health, pregnan
Marital, parent
laws problems I
of the calls.
Contact Help
formation about
the community,
up in a moi
lodgings, then
housing problej
"I think then
need for nonfidential
listemr
volunteer, said.
"Fred" is rn
Student
moves 1
to Colic
Student Fin
Campus ReUti
offices during tl
College St. a
humanities-ours
According to
the financial ak
was niaut? ior ei
offices should b*
by noon Tuesda
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G
Tonigh
Admiss
dents' p
k/im
dtnan
oes through crisis real name, but
etime," said Bar- picked. Havir
ontact Help hotline allows a caller to
ere's basically no worker withou
p#?n thp oallprc anH fidentialitv.
teers except the By remaining
volunteer is als
is a listening ear threatening calls
nd the clock for the Contact Helf
tit need it. In an
last year more than
k advantage of the 'Everytiffl
F those who called
; personal crises go
1 abortion, alcohol.
oneliness. mental
cy, sex or suicide, also kept secret I
-child, dating or in- protection.
took one thirteenth "Everytime >
phone, you help
also provides in- said. "Who know
the community few have done if yo?
"If 50 people call In the past thn
ith to ask about handled phone c
there may be a attempted suicid
11," Calvert said, who wanted to
i will always be a eggs to put in a
professional, con- teers were invol
ig," Fred, a hotline call before an an*
Most volunt<
)t the volunteer's beyond two yea
because the frust
and they "burn-*
a i Fred said,
A M* something you
You can't let call
r You can't help sc
01 IlC C 8 If a volunteer fe<
in and not work
Fred has ca
Sge St. before, "but 1
vcuvec in nomne
friends who woi
ancial Aid and than the hotline
cms moved their Hotline workc
te weekend to 1621 solve a calk
cross from the "Yes. I've felt ai
ing complex a call I'd like t
l t _ l 1
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Marilyn Pleoka of ^ on the ph
1 office, the move ,e caU
lira space and the ^ them
s open for business ..>vhen , ge[
behind, the way
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Greg Park aero
V arsity Tennis
(ions $1.00
ersonal c
a code name he said.
ig a code name "Most calls are deal
i ask for a rfrtflin vnlnntpor " Palvorf <
t breaking con- third are referred to
cies." Hotline work<
anonymous the allowed to give advice
o protected from "Callers save thems<
. The location of said. "We just helj
) hotline center is fectiveness of the he
e you pick up the phone, you
mebody'--hotline volunteer
for the volunteer's known because cor
prevents a study of th
rou pick up the The Contact He]
someDoay, trea opened in June of 1972
rs what they would efforts of Downs
1 weren't there?" Columbia - the "dri
ie years, Fred has behind the movemen
alls ranging from men at Trinity Episco
es to a young child Spitler had been invc
know how many contact center in Wi]
cake. Ten volun- N.C. before he moved
ivea in tne latter Hotline volunteers
>wer was reached, weeks of training invol
;ers don't last 50hours. Volunteers a
rs, Calvert said, communication skil
ration is too great active listening. Activ
out." not only getting the <
"Satisfaction is phone conversation
invariably feel. learning to empathi;
~ j
a lug y uu uuwn. cauer.
mebody that way. "Listening is really
Us bad, he can call have to develop," Cal
that night. After completing
lied the hotline volunteers work on pi
was already in- additional 12 hours w
s so I called some member evaluating th
rked on it rather Senior members a
number." professionals such a:
irs don't always psychologists, psycl
r's problem. attorneys.
?though I'd blown
0 think it was not ??
1 job. I've always
one. Sometimes
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j ini 1 c<xu) tali i
home, I leave it
' you should," he V
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o. I i1)
ial L
Waxcy ; r^O
ss t'romi *
Courts): Ev
rises get
And 01
t with by the By Cecile S. Holmes
said. "One The amount of tensio
other agen- increases when they en
jrs are not Two campus servicesor
opinions. Center's Mental Health
slves," Fred these problems.
3." The ef- Dr. Noel Johnson, a p
.*1: ?* li r i?
fume la nui prooieni ior college siu<
??? with others. During hi
"spoon-fed" whereas in
? * One of the major prob
neip defines this condition as
despondency which nor
nnrmallu lactc fr?r- o f?ni i
,,v? ?v?oivj IVI o itn i
"People with depressii
he said. Johnson said th
ifidentiality some of the major sympl
osewho call, signs that "might alert o
Ip hotlines the blahs." Waking u[
! through the apathetic, feeling low spi
Spitler of cases of depression acco
iving force" is one that persists for
t - and the symtoms are manifest in
pal Church. The mental health clii
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nston-Salem, common student comp
to Columbia, relationships, feelings o:
receive 12 Most students find the
Iving at least talk in an objective situ
re trained in assumptions of themsel
Is such as irrational decisions,
e listening is "The first step in hel(
content of a said. He said today's stu
i but also themselves honestly, par
te with the When tension subsides,
Thp Pnnncnliriri KJ.. ? ^?
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a skill you said, who need supportivi
vert said. lonely-weekend syndrom
; training, bureau on Friday afternc
lones for an to grow, but they are just
ith a senior The Counseling Burea
e volunteer, center. Johnson handli
re usually medication. Both men :
s ministers, services their centers off<
niatrists or records of student clients
and do not become part of
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sychiatrist with the cl
dents, specifically fres
gh school, Johnson sa
college they must real!
1ems the clinic treats i
one lasting several moi
mally occurs after ai
minutes to a few days.
>n react more strongly
is increased sensitivity
toms of depression. He
ne that he or she is havi
> earlier than usual c
rited and failing to enj(
rding to Johnson. He i
longer than two or th
cases of both mild and
lie sometimes refers il
aid A. Swanson, direct
ilaints were problem
f inadequacy and gem
center helpful, he said,
auon. Me said peoph
ves and in stressful
)ing someone is reliev
dents are more candid
ticularly concerning q
the counselor is to help
u works with "typica
e comfort. As an exam
e when there is an infli
ons. Swanson said mo
inhibited at first,
u also refers clients
es cases of depresse<
stressed the absolute
;r. According to Johnsc
> are kept, they are ke|
the student's health or
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inic, said one commnn
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lid, most students are
ly fend for themselves,
is depression. Johnson
tiths as contrasted with
i upsetting event and
to their environment,"
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: said there are several ,
ng more than a case of
onsistently, becoming
>y life all characterize
>aid "true depression"
ree weeks though the
severe depression.
ts clients to the Coun:or
of the bureau, said
s with interpersonal
jral insecurity.
because it is easier tn
? operate under false
situations they make
ring stress," Swanson
1 and willing to look at
uestions of sexuality,
the client.
1 students," Swanson
iple, he mentioned the
lix of students into the
st students are willing
to the mental health
j students who need
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