A combination of three psychiatric screening tests was used to uncover the extent of affective-psychotic symptoms, the indications of "chronic brain syndrome," and the perceptual limitations among two selected populations of elderly persons. It was found that 25 percent of 48 residents in a home for the aged, and 9 percent of 45 members in a social club, had four or more affective-psychotic com-
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