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4 Page 2 ? September 17 1984 Dateline THE GAMECOCK Mentally ill 'cast adrift' in U.S. nsvnhiatrx/ accnriatinn cax/c Associated Press WASHINGTON ? The policy of opening the doors of America's mental asylums has cast adrift tens of thousands of mentally ill who now live aimlessly on the streets, the American Psychiatry Association says. The group called last Wednesday for a nationwide drive to reach out to these people with programs to provide food, shelter,clothing treatment and, if need be, a return to an asylum. Dr. Richard Lamb, professor of psychiatry at the University of Southern California School of Medicine in Los Angeles, warned that in some cities, emergency shelters "are becoming mini institutions for the chronically mentally ill, an ironic alternative to the state mental hospitals." Thf> a?nrintinn snirl onvprnmpnt<; at nil IpvpK must snrnrl more to help mentally ill street people, who comprise 25 to 50 percent of all the homeless in America. Their precise numbers are not known, Lamb said, but overall estimates of the homeless have ranged from 250,000 to 3 million. Lamb, who headed an association task force on the problem, said states should rethink laws that now make it difficult to involuntarily commit someone to a mental institution iinlpc*; hp nr thp ran hp nrnvpn In hp Hnnoprnns These are not just drunks, drug addicts, derelicts or other traditional denizens of Skid Rows. Lamb said. "We are experiencing a new phenomenon ? one of unprecedented magnitude and complexity - and hardly a section of the country, urban or rural, has escaped the ubiquitous presense of ragged, ill and hallucinating human beings, wandering through our city streets, huddled in alleyways or sleeping over vents," Lamb and Dr. John Talbott, the APA president, wrote in the summary of their task' force report. The number of patients in state mental hospitals has plummeted from 559,000 in 1955 to about 132,000 today, because of the availability of new, mind-altering drugs and a trend awav from lone-term involuntarv warehousine of the mentally ill. Suspect in Belushi murder fights extradition to Los Angeles Associated Press TORONITn P Qthv/ Qttlifll fins Cnrm/ir . . ^ Ldii; mv lUIIMCI aiilgci UltUgCU with murder in the drug-overdose death of comedian John Belushi, will appeal a judge's ruling ordering her extradited to face trial in California, a spokesman for her lawyer says. Judge Stephen Borins of York County Court ordered the 37-year-old Smith extradited on the murder charge and 13 counts of administering dangerous drugs. He said prosecutors had presented a case strong enough to warrant a trail. Smith will appeal the extradition ruling , said Betty Shipman, a spokesman for defense lawyer Brian Greenspan. The appeal , which will extend indefinitely the time Smith can remain in Canada before beitig surrendered to U.S. authorities , could take years if pursued to the Qi i r\i*Amo P miff ^ ^upi viuv v.uui i ui v^aiiaud. However, Los Angeles County District Attorney Robert Philibosian, said:t4Ultimately, we will have her back. I'm expecting to have her back in Los Angeles.An autopsy found acute cocaine and heroin intoxication. Consult the I LAMBDA University fWT Telephone . Directory. I I IV A S"V n /4 /l i r IVAWIlLlid^ The GAMECOCK is the student I newspaper of the University of South I Carolina and is published three times a week on Monaaye. Wednesdays and ftManBaMBaaaHaBHHBMa Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesdays during both summer sessions, with the j exception of university holidays and ex- I "TsszrsXL* gaME. ' renewed HOPE FOR < COCK are those of the editors and not AND THEIR FF those of the University of South Caro- > i mu i i i lina. 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They will have their first Charged with patient abi S.C. psychi Associated Press A state Department of Mental Health psychiatrist accused of abusing teen-age patients with painful and unnecessary vitamin injections pleaded umuicm inuisuay anu was reieaseu on bond. "I want to be tried before God and my country," Dr. Robert Bell told Deputy Solicitor Steve Brown during and arraignment hearing Thursday morning. Circuit Judge Lawrence Richter ordered Bell released on a $5,000 personal reconenizance bond. Bell was indicted last Tuesday by the Richland County grand jury on a charge of mistreating young patients at Blanding House, part of the State Hospital in Columbia. The indictment charged Bell with "physical abuse. . . accomplished by means of intra-muscular injections wnicn served no lawtul purpose other than to frighten and intimidate . . . patients." 1 i i i 1 r% liittiw i mmr Sister Rusty | 4 & Tuesday 8:00 I i 3AY STUDENTS < I ? FIENDS < O IT ASSOCIATION ! 1 f-campus at < flL 3. LTD. J gl \ t Lady Streets < Bgk. Cromer's Peanuts) < BBg| ~7 i ^RlllS?8x iMdua^s^we^cortie^ ^ ^ | jK f wl^' ^ ip^g - \ '| ^ IHkJT " Bv :'^M3^^|fe-L? '""^F I 2d in exhibitions Saturday as part of The Columbi; official meeting at 8 p.m. tonight in room 107 jse atrist plead; The abuse charge is a misdemeanor and carries a sentence ranging from 90 days to five years in prison. The charge stemmed from a yearlong investigation by the State Law Enforcement Division into allegations that Bell routinely tied up, drugged and gave unprescribed injections to Blanding House patients. Solicitor James Anders aid Bell's case was one of several that have been PYaminpH rtnrino a rpppnt invpctinatmn of patient deaths and abuses at state mental institutions. Anders alleged that the shots given by Bell, who headed child and adolescent services at Blanding House, were "pretty close to torture." A 1983 state ombudsman report found unnecessary injections being used at Blanding to punish youthful criminals held there for treatment. In the wake of that investigation, Bell was fired from the department. He later appealed the dismissal and was reinstated by the state Employee A ^ ixy-.<^v./ a oK>: a:* j$A y ' $* ,o <?>" <5v <?? ^ ^ V ^/% V sP.^.c^ V* O .<*?*/ v -t^W, jlpr? "J^V-|^T: y * Photo by Olsndo Patterson a School of Karatedo's training seminars at of the Blatt P.E. Center. > innocent Grievance Committee report cleared his client of any wrongdoing and recommended he be reinstated. "The same charges were leveled at his before, and he was found 100 percent innocent," Hammer sairi "The committee found that his use of vitamin injections was medically accepted and the technique did not result in patient abuse." A copy of the report showed Bell was treating hostile and violent youngsters who were planning to r *L_ ni iv i* r* i csLttpc iroiu inc oianaing mouse iacuity by knocking out guards and fleeing from the institution. Ken King, legal counsel for the Department of Mental Health, said last Wednesday that Bell would be suspended without pay pending his trial on the abuse charges. Bell delined to comment about his indictment. Hammer said he is preparing to challenge the latest suspension and will try to get his client back on the state agency's payroll. B y/gm