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M ental Illness Increases ID 1 85 9 19 66 sekmtirists Thrum lm -CMems SEATTLE, WASH. (UPI) It doesn't carry the same with the Jet Set, but stu- lncreasinS numbers are finding a need for the ana lyst's couch. . At the University of Wash ington, for instance, Dr. Gor- mSo Bergy says emotional problems account for more SKftu. wirng from av"'""1 Uldn an other health problems combined. - hofgy Y ?.irector of student health, believes Washington's case is the rule, not the except ion. c e university tries meet ' the challenge through its stu dent psychiatric clinic, di rected by Dr. Benjamin M Taylor. Taylor will not discuss spe vific cases, nor will he com ment on University of Texas student Charles J. Whitman who revealed his urge to kill to a school psychiatrist before shooting 14 persons to death from the tower ori the Austin campus last August. Taylor has been with the clinic 10 years. In that period he has seen use of the clinic grow at a rate surpassing the increase in enrollment which has doubled over the past decade. The clinic handled 1,153 re ferrals last year. Of these, 657 were "patients" with the re mainder categorized "under consultation" or similar head ings. The clinic usually is booked full by fall quarter's end, al though no one goes unattend ed, Taylor says. More significant than the mere increased incidence of emotional disturbance, says Taylor, is the alarming growth of "serious" mental illness. "When I first came here," he said, "we saw mostly prob lems of 'dependence."' Students approached the clinic with difficulties of new found independence from par ents, novel social requirements and academic demands. "We saw a lot of kids who were simply overwhelmed. They were just seeking direc tion," said Taylor. "They were looking for di rect support, encouragement, reasurance. They wanted to be told, 'everything will be all right'" All this has changed in the span of a decade. "Now we see more specific and severe illnesses," said the clinic's director. "We certainly see more psy choses. And the thing that really bothers us is the in creased occurrence of depres sion." Taylor defines depression as a general slow-down in func tion, a retardation even to the point of immobilization. Per sons so afflicted harbor feel ings of unworthiness and in adequacy, with . disruption of sleep and appetite. He mentions one more man ifestation of depression; ;houghts of self-destruction. Robert Nelson, chief psychi atric social worker for the clinic, said suicidal tendencies are very strong among young adults, and Dr. Bergy cited a current study indicating sui cide as the fifth leading cause of death among persons aged 1519. 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