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Descriptions of about two hundred ten out-patients and their treatment were supplied by resident psychiatrists, and the data thus obtained was subjected to
statistical analysis. The patients were thus divided into three main categories according to their relative improvement with psychotherapy. Approximately seventy percent of the patients showed considerable improvement. 'There was a significantly large number of fee-paying patients in the "much improved" group. These data failed to reveal a significant association between intelligence and education and improvement in therapy. The group of "much improved" patients had significantly better "childhood environments". Ability to develop interpersonal relations at the time therapy was started was significantly associated with improvement in therapy. Good sexual adjustment, high social station, and favorable financial status were significantly associated with "much improvement" in therapy. No significant associations could be established between pretreatment marital adjustment, work adjustment, insight, housing facilities, and improvement with treatment. Religious activity was associated to a significant level with lack of change with treatment.
'Improvement when it occurred was found mainly in marital and work adjustment and interpersonal relations. Housing, social stratum, and religious activity were influenced insignificantly by treatment.'