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BRILL and Patton reported an exhaustive statistical analysis of the New York mental hospitals in 1962 and predicted a decline of 15% to 20% in the schizophrenic population by 1970. 1 This is consistent with the decreasing resident population trends in most mental disorders and it would be expected that the schizophrenic population would decrease with the rest of the hospital population. However, Brill and Patton's study used predictions based on trends which take into account only recent years; it is desirable to check their findings in another hospital in the perspective of a longer span of time. The present paper deals with (1) an estimate of future schizophrenic population and (2) the problems of estimation arising from changes in trends of retention of schizophrenic population at New Hampshire Hospital. The prediction project was undertaken when the hospital trustees asked for a population estimate

This paper reports on two studies of New Hampshire youth concerning their use, non-use, or mis-use of beverage alcohol. The main focus in on a comparison of institutionalized delinquents with a sample of junior and senior high school students. The findings reveal considerable differences between the two groups, among which are the following: fewer students than delinquents were likely to have continued drinking after their first experience with alcohol; much more evidence of "serious" drinking behavior was detected among the delinquents than among the students; and the delinquents drank for tension relief much more frequently than did the students.