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SUNDAY, JULY 7, 1974

MENTAL PATIENTS PRODUCE OWN +HOUSE+ MAGAZINE ·

PATIENTS AT THE CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL HAVE JUST PRODUCED THEIR OWN 24-PAGE +HOUSE+ JOURNAL, AND THE EFFORT HAS BEEN . WELCOMED BY THE STAFF AS A MAJOR CHALLENGE SUCCESSFULLY HET.

CALLED THE +CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL MAGAZINE,+ IT IS A BI-LINGUAL PUBLICATION WHICH THE PATIENTS HOPE WILL EVENTUALLY APPEAR AT REGULAR INTERVALS.

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THE HOSPITAL'S MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT SAYS IN A FOREWORD: + IT IS GRATIFYING TO SEE THE RENEWED PUBLICATION OF OUR PATIENTS' OWN MAGAZINE WHICH FIRST APPEARED IN 1966, BUT WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1967.

+THE PRESENT ISSUE CONTAINS ESSAYS WRITTEN, AND PICTURES DRAWN, BY THE PATIENTS THENSELVES.+

HE CONGRATULATES THE STAFF OF THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR INITIATIVE AND HARD WORK IN HELPING THE PATIENTS TO COMPLETE THIS TASK.+

HE IS ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TIME WHEN THE MAGAZINE WILL +FORM A PLATFORM FOR OUR PATIENTS TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS, AS WELL AS THEIR ARTISTIC TALENTS.+

THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST WRITES IN AN +ACKNOWLEDGEMENT+ THAT AT THE END OF 1973. THE STUDY-ROOM PATIENTS DECIDED TO RENEW PUBLICATION OF A KODEST VEHICLE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A DISPLAY OF LITERARY POTENTIAL WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE FIND NO OUTLET.

+1T HAS PROVED A MAMMOTH TASK.+ SHE COMMENTS.

BUT THE RESULT MAKES THE WORK APPEAR WORTHWHILE.

MAGA TYPED ON STENCILS, AND GLUED TOCETHER, THE MAGAZINE HAS AN ILLUSTRATED COVER. THE MARGINS OF SOME PAGES ARE DECORATED, ALTHOUGH ONLY IN BLACK AND WHITE..

ONE DRAWING, OF THREE LITTLE BIRDS. ON A BRANCH, SUGGESTS AN AVIARY OF CANARIES, AND ANOTHER SHOWS A HOUSE IN A RURAL SETTING, WHICH COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

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THESE ARE ROUGH SKETCHES AFTER THE STYLE OF YOUNG ANATEURS, BUT THEY BETRAY A YEARNING TO PROJECT SOME FORM OF IMPRESSION ONTO PAPER IN RESPONSE TO SOME STIMULUS CONCEALED IN A RECESS OF THE SUB-CONSCIOUS.

ONE PATIENT EVEN ATTEMPTS A CROSSWORD IN CHINESE, AND PROVIDES THE ANSWER ON ANOTHER PAGE.

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