Female and male neurotic depressives in an outpatient psychiatric clinic were compared on measures of subjective distress, interpersonal concerns, and types of treatment given. There were essentially no differences between the two groups on the patient self-report measures. However, female patients were found to have significantly more therapy sessions that the male neurotic depressives. Also, the female patients were more likely than the male patients to receive psychotropic medication, especially the more potent antidepressant variety.

The purpose of Lhis study was to investigate the relationship between therapists' scores on the Community Mental Health Ideology Scale and the Democratic Values Scale and their ratings of patient ease histories on a number of altitudinal dimensions. Thirty-three therapists rated each of eight case histories of psychiatric outpatients on likabilily, comfort, interest in treating, interest in friendship, and prognosis. Patients' social class, diagnosis, and insight level were systematically varied within the case histories. The results provide support for the contention that previously reported preferences for middle-class, high-insight, and less disturbed patients are related to therapists' degree of adherence to community mental health ideology and democratic values.There arc numerous reports showing that various patient characteristics are related to acceptance into psychotherapy (Garfield,

The adherence of a community mental health center staff to community mental health ideology was measured by the Baker‐Schulberg CMHI Scale. The results were essentially the same as those of the previously published studies, indicating that the CMHI Scale stably measures differences between professional groups, and is useful for research purposes. CMHI Scale scores were found to be significantly related to the socioeconomic backgrounds of the families of origin of therapists as well as to their professional affiliation.

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