Mental illness and handicaps differentiated in Q&A
A health Q A explains mental handicap as disability affecting thinking and daily life, also called mental retardation, while mental illness is a disturbance in thinking, emotions or behavior. Most mentally retarded are not mentally ill and most mentally ill are not retarded, though both can co exist. Treatments include environment, skills training, drugs, psychotherapy and behavior modification with hospital or community care for safety and supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Adler
Gaston- Lincoln Mental Health Director
Mental Health Helpline Contacts and Agencies
The Gaston Lincoln Mental Health Authority lists 867 2361. The Alliance for the Mentally Ill provides 703 524 7600. Emergency Helpline numbers include 1 800 877 7675 or 867 4357 for immediate assistance.
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Gaston-Lincoln Mental Health Authority
Alliance For the
New Gastonia Council Faces Airport Fight and Roster Shuffle
The new Gastonia City Council, sworn in 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, faces the $23 million airport near Pasour Mountain amid safety concerns and pilot warnings about nearby towers. Elections unsettled seats include Harrill Jones pending certification, with council composition by Ward: Garland, Galloway, Glendell Brooks, Tidwell, Robinson, Holscher, and Mincey in play. A restored Gastonia Airport Authority may study the airport, with decisions by July 6 on grants and major personnel issues looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston County
James B. “Jick” Garland
Barbara Galloway
Glendell Brooks
W.B
Dub” Brooks
Keith Tidwell
Charles Beam Jr
Royce Robinson Sr
Mike Lynch
Franz Holscher
Roger Kaylor
Doug Mincey
Harrill Jones
Gastonia
Land to Love on Wise family farmland in western North Carolina
VALE The Wise family owns about 500 acres of high ground near Abernethy Branch and Howard's Creek. Revered by Rev Robert Wise the rise is his favorite place, described as one of the most pristine pieces of farmland in western North Carolina.
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Wise Family
Abernethy Branch
Rev
Robert Wise
North Carolina
Lincoln County blocks outside polluted soil landfarming
Lincoln County residents led by the Wise family oppose a plan to dump 30,000 tons of contaminated soil near their community. A petition gathered about 2,000 signatures as officials passed a law restricting landfarming to soil contaminated within Lincoln County.
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Wise
Charlotte
Lincoln County
Lincoln Commissioners
Notable Neighbor: Amy Lake George volunteer and mother of two
Amy Lake George of Cherryville is a 36 year old domestic engineer and school volunteer. She co presides over Cherryville South Elementary School PTO with her husband Sgt Billy George and chairs the school volunteer committee. She tutored students helped convert the library to a computer system and urges more parental involvement at school. The family includes husband Billy and daughters Julie 11 and Cynthia 9. She would like to meet child psychologist Dr James Dobson and would travel across the United States if time and money allowed. Her favorite film is Robin Hood Prince of Thieves a lauded favorite book The Bible. She values her wedding rings as her prized possession and her height as her best asset. Readers may nominate others for Notable Neighbors by mailing to The Gazette or calling Polly Harrison.
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Husband
Cherryville South Elementary School
PTO
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Adler
Polly Harrison
Skip Foster
Jon Jimison
Julia Coon
Gazette
APOE
Lincoln
Martha Stokes
Will MacDonald
Stephen Harris
Pasour Mountain
N.C. 279
Javote
State Elections Board
Guy Wires
LAND
Bo Petersen
Kermit Hull
the Gazette
Convention Center
Amy Lake George
LaGrange, Ga
Sgt
Billy George
The
N.C. Highway Patrol
Julie
Cynthia
Georgia
Chevrolet
Gaston
Cherryville
Bible
United States
James Dobson
P.O. Box
Steiar
Craig Bell
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