This study was done under the auspicies of the Division on Rehabilitation of the National Committee for Mental Hygiene. It is an excellent survey of the professional, administrative, and financial problems involved in rehabilitating vocationally psychiatric patients discharged from hospitals. The authors point out that training in social case work alone is not an adequate preparation for rehabilitation counseling and they emphasize that rehabilitation work should be a profession in its own right. Fifteen per cent of post-hospitalized patients require vocational placement. The 2,653 convalescent or discharged patients whose needs were surveyed were classified according to work status as follows: satisfactorily employed through their own efforts or with the help of the social service staff of the hospital, 35%; housewives not wishing other employment, 26%; marginal