At this time twenty-one patients have undergone the termination studies. Eighteen of them agreed to the several hours of interviewing, eight hours of psychological testing, and interviews with spouse, employers, relatives, etc. Not surprisingly there was evidence of unresolved transferences and the researchers

took the responsibility for helping the patient with any acute disturbance aroused by the study. Another protection for the patient lay in the therapist's right to veto (so far unexercised) or modify the investigations. There is extensive discussion of the problems which arose from the closely knit nature of the therapeutic community and the usual reticence of therapists (who were mainly persons other than the investigators but often personal friends or supervisors or those supervised) to participate in open and frank evaluation of their skills and the outcome of their work.