THE MEASUREMENT OF IMPROVEMENT AMONG NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS IN AN ARMY CONVALESCENT FACILITY.

The article presents information on a study that focuses on the measurement of improvement among neuropsychiatric patients in an Army Convalescent Facility. A simple questionnaire was submitted to a group of 341 men who had completed their stay at the facility and were scheduled to leave. Approximately 70 such men were selected at random from each of the five battalions. The men were asked to evaluate changes in their anxiety and attitudes. The data show that many of the men felt that they improved, more remained the same, and some got worse. More men who know their eventual disposition improved than those who did not know their disposition. Much larger proportions of those men who were to be discharged improved than those who were returned to duty. Changes in anxiety tended to vary inversely with changes in attitude.