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The article presents a follow-up study of definitely and probably psychiatrically disturbed persons first located in I963 in Cape Peninstria, Australia. The researchers gathered data by the random sampling of a large community. Furthermore, a 10 per cent random sample of those previously judged to be free of psychiatric symptoms was reassessed. With this, it was found that those previously adjudged free of psychiatric symptoms tended to remain well and about half of those previously adjudged definitely psychiatrically disturbed were still included. It has been suggested that psychiatric disturbance was positively related to low socio-economic position. Psychiatric disturbance appeared to be positively related to physical illness in previously free of symptoms remained physically healthy.

The article presents a study that examines psychiatric disorder among the colored people living in Cape Peninsula in South Africa. Under the study, a random sampling of the colored persons who are over 20 years old , and an interview about their mental and physical health were conducted. An interview with persons who knew each respondent, as well as consultation of hospital records, was also done. Analysis of the data obtained shows of the 200,365 total population of colored people, that 11.88 percent who are over the age of 20 were psychiatrically disturbed. The evaluation conducted and results of the study are described in details.