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...power to save a premature infant, no matter how defective or fragile it may be. When a fetus is aborted, however, a nurse is required to discard it-no matter how well-formed and active it appears. This paradox has already caused acute emotional problems-anxiety, insomnia and depression-among nurses in Hawaii, which a year ago became the first state to legalize abortion on request. At a meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Psychiatrists Walter Char and John McDermott of the University of Hawaii School of Medicine reported that nurses in Honolulu hospitals suffered "acute identity crises" or doubts...
...pills in their search for sleep. But will they really sleep better? Not always, says Dr. William Dement, head of Stanford University's Sleep Disorders Clinic. Last week Dement reported that sleeping pills can actually keep some people awake and cause emotional problems that may be worse than insomnia...
Though Dement is quick to urge pill poppers to omit the barbiturates, he does not advocate sudden withdrawal, which can cause severe anxiety or even convulsions. Instead, he urges a slow weaning. One patient who followed this advice reported significant gains in his battle with insomnia. When he took as many as five barbiturates a day, he slept only 5 hrs. 40 min. a night. After abandoning the pills entirely, he began snoring soundly for seven hours...
Association's Task Force on encounter groups, reports that after one T group session 10% to 15% of the members consulted a resident psychiatrist for such adverse responses as anxiety, depression, agitation and insomnia...
...Insomnia, sometimes accompaniedby fantasies of going blind, disturbs the late hours. The resultant anxiety may lead to masturbation, or a sudden motorcycle ride through the night... They go to bed at dawn, wake about three in the afternoon, and then begin a routine of aimless wandering. Sleep, drugs, television, and alcohol provide escape from a monotonous, painful reality...