European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes saturday january 11.1986 some do. Some Don t buckling up on television Robert Urikh t spotter character does t by calf up. By Jan a. Zverina United press International l ast week . Ewing Kry Kllc and Blake Dave and Maddle and Bolh of the Simon Sidn t do ii. Sue Elian Ewing. Or. To did but they re in a tiny Glrst group like most Palma Lime players never fastened their seat belts. During the week of dec. 2-8, this writer sat bleary eyed i through 19 first run episodes tired on the three major networks. Abc. Abc and lbs to see How Many shows promote Rood safety by having their stars buckle up. The findings were disheartening considering thai these shows rivet millions of viewers every night subliminally influencing us All. Only three of the 17 shows that had car scenes showed characters buckling up. Cagney and Lacey lbs sat Belless in a car parked in a cemetery and were not counted since they did not actually drive. However the next week Lacey did buckle up. And nagged her partner until she did. Too. Only two television Tough Guys or. T from Abc s a 7&unand Hardcastle from Abc s Hardcastle & Mccoy Mack bothered with their balls before taking of f after the bad Guys who All sat on their belts instead of in them. Remington Steele s assistant. Laura neglected to fasten her Belt before driving Oil in her trendy vow convertible. Spenser and All he bad Guys he chases on Abc s Spenser Tor hire also did not. Many program Ike the eau filitor lbs contained the Hack Escapa from tha killer scenes with cars and not one latched the Latch. True to life most people in such a Silva ton would not take the time to buckle up. To the More sedate driving scenes Krystle and Blake Carrington of by Nasty Abc Lei the belts o their Rolls untouched. The previous night David Admad Dierof moonlighting Abc did the same thing in their by w. Orcas has some son i Ragu Iaun among the worst offenders of the week were Simon & Selnon. From the lbs show of the same name. Everybody on Abc s Hill Street blues and Abc s lady Blue cops no Les should be charged with violating Illinois mandatory seat Belt Law since the exterior shots for those programs heavily imply they take place in of Abc s Knight rider never fastened his Belt once even when his Black trans am was in the super Purull this show one of the most popular with children seems to say it is Cool to drive last and not Wear a Belt. Speaking of Cool the two heartthrob of Abc s Miami vice never once wore a Belt while buzzing past the Palms in thar Ferrari replica. Other offenders included Gary Ewing of know s Landing lbs who Letl the curb in his Mercedes unbelted. However his wife. Abbey did reach for hers. No one on dynasty ii the co toys Abc got behind the wheel save or fallen who has a memory lapse and does not even know who she is. She sped away in a Vintage Ferrari that probably has a salary harness but it was unused the next night . Ewing of Dallas lbs never fastened his Belt although Hlson again off again Wile sue Ellen did. Macgyver from the Abc show of the same name drove Belless. As did every Federal marshal who dogged him. We ate All impressed by television characters whether it be sneaky of . Or Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter who usually is Cha uttered around. We Admire their clothes their houses and their cars and the Way they drive them. It ought to be easy for the networks to include in their broadcast standards a line or two on seat belts to set a Good example whether it be for a High drama Chase scene or a leisurely ride to the ranch. Doctors often fail to recognize alcoholism by Nadine Brozan new York times t he 21-year-old College sudant was failing her courses and feeling depressed. She dropped out of school and consulted said no cause to worry i was just suffering from adolescent problems and from the fact thai i had been Small As a the woman said tha other Day i told him thai i was drinking and taking drugs marijuana Ltd but he did t want to discuss that at a year later the woman who asked that her name not be used consulted another psychiatrist. This one fold me i was going through an identity crisis and simply needed time to work things out for she recalled. Again although she described her dependence on alcohol and drugs the doctor dismissed it. So did other physicians she consulted Over the next several years for various ailments. Six More years elapsed and finally a psychiatrist whose name she had found in the yellow pages said. Do you havea problem Wilh alcohol and referred her to alcoholics Anonymous i have been sober Ever since the woman said. The done Wail that this patient encountered is not unusual. For fhe most part authorities on alcoholism say. Physicians have tailed to detect excessive drinking by patients or when they have uncovered the problem they have no known what to do about it. Even among doctors who recognized the symptoms there was a tendency to ignore them or to believe that alcoholics need Only use a Little willpower. Many physicians have viewed alcoholism As a moral ailing and not a medical biological psychological and social condition. In the last decade however change has slowly come to the Field of addiction treatment. Now the vast number of conditions provoked or exacerbated by alcoholism Aro being acknowledged and diagnosed and there is a growing realization thai alcoholism is eminently treatable. As or Robert q. Niven director of the National Institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism in Bethesda md., said though we still fait far Short of the Ideal integration of education about alcohol and drug consumption info All medical and health professional schools the situation the the statistics Are not encouraging however As or David c. Lewis president of the association of medical education and research in substance abuse a 400 member professional organization found when he surveyed the medical literature. Some 20 to 40 percent of general Hospital admissions involve individuals with serious drinking or drug problems most of them alcohol As do 10 to 5 percent of ambulatory cases and 40 to 60 percent of emergency room visits Lewis said. But the actual diagnosis of the disorder is made in less than 5 percent of cases. Tha implication is Clear said Lewis professor of Medicine end Community health at Brown University " hat physicians Are mainly treating the complications of drinking without necessarily focusing on the treatment Tor those Amer a As the organization Lewis leads is known met in California for a conference co sponsored by the National Institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism the National Institute on drug abuse and the Betty Ford Center to discuss what primary care physicians ought to know and How to implement curriculum improvements. Lewi and hit colleagues Ere optimistic. As or. Charles rothls. Director of substance abuse treatment at the new York veterans administration medical Center said none of us dealing with this problem Day in and out will Ever feel that too approach of the medical profession is As Good As we want it to to but Over the last 10 years things have changed. Doctors Are More sense love to problems associated with alcohol. There Are More treatment resources available he said More Hospital Beds for detoxification More in patient rehabilitation programs More out patient services More Community based programs psychotherapy clinics therapeutic communities Halfway houses end tree standing specially hospitals that Deal Only with alcohol. Third party reimbursement has become available and there is the whole self help movement. Active research is continuously providing new information in the pact medical students generally spent a few hours on alcoholism during the course of their four years of study. But that has changed in part due to the career teacher program financed by the Federal government from 1971 to 1982. Under that program Cully members from about 60 schools received Grants to develop new courses or expand existing ones. Several schools became pioneers including Dartmouth medical school. In 1978, it began a cur year program called project Cork financed by the Joan b. Kroc foundation. As Jean Kinney the executive director explained it was designed to integrate alcohol education through every course in the medical school the project was subsequently duplicated elsewhere and became a Model for such schools As the University of Washington and Morehouse school of Medicine in Atlanta. Other leaders in the Field Are Brown and the new York University school of Medicine. Currently at Johns Hopkins University the Dean of he medical school or. Richard s. Ross and the president of the Hospital or Robert m. Heyssel Are leading an innovative program. The goal is to familiarize everyone affiliated with the Hospital and medical school from first year students to senior faculty members with the symptoms of alcoholism and appropriate treatment
