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A questionnaire investigation of enlisted men discharged from the service because of psychoneurosis for a period of at least six months was reported in a previous paper. This time, a comparison is made between the data and subjective views of five hundred thirty-six individuals with overseas service and approximately five thousand who had served only within the continental limits of the United States.
From this study, through tabulation and skilful interpretation of the replies, valuable conclusions are drawn. Among these are: the discharged overseas psychoneurotic soldier is more apt to be single, poorly educated and older; he suffers from anxiety reaction rather than conversion hysteria; he manifests a greater need for help (hospitalization, assistance in job finding), and is more reluctant to return to his former job; he has a better understanding of the psychological origin of his symptoms but considers the impairment of his health 'service-incurred' to a greater extent than his fellow psychoneurotic who has not been overseas.
The last finding might well be explained by the elimination from overseas service of the soldier with a psychoneurotic history, though the authors do not mention this factor. Neither group, however, justifies the expectation of