correlation between intellectual level and number of figures recalled. It therefore appears that the B-G recall is quantitatively associated with intellectual efficiency but not necessarily with intellectual ability.A preliminary survey of the few exceptions t o the above general findings (those cases with high CQ-low recall and those with low CQ-high recall) reveals a number of personal history items and personality factors (as evidenced on the MMPI) which appear t o differentiate between the two groups.

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PROBLEMThe Psychology Service has been administering a battery of tests@) to nearly all patients shortly after admission to this hospital. The battery includes the following tests and are administered in the order given. Bender-Gestalt test (1)House-Tree-Person (achromatic) (4) House-Tree-Person (chromatic) (4) Self-Concept Drawing Opposite Sex Person Drawing ( 8 ) Sentence Completion Test (7) Modified Thematic Apperception Test (9) Repeat Bender-Gestalt @)The information most desired at admission has been data that would aid in diagnosis and determination of treatment. As a check on this battery and with the hope of finding certain prognostic signs, a discharge testing program was initiated, the main issues of which were the following:Does testing of a patient judged by the hospital staff to be clinically improved and ready for discharge show a significant change from the test performance on admission? The theory involved in the testing procedure and its use in processing of psychiatric cases would demand that a change be evident if there is real improvement (l). It is felt necessary t o establish the presence or lack of change in a definite quantitative manner.Is the test battery a valid and reliable predictor of adjustment by the patient outside the hospital?1. 2. METHODThe admission screening battery was re-administered to fifty-eight patients chosen in the order in which they were staffed with no selective factor operating on the part of the experimenters. Upon completion of the testing and after an interval of ninety days, the essential follow-up data that was to be used as a criterion was provided by Social Service. This data included statement of re-admission if such occurred, type of adjustment outside the hospital, and length of time out of the hospital. A period of ninety days outside the hospital was selected as the criterion for placing them in the experimental (discharge) group or control (remain in the hospital) group. After ninety days the patient was considered discharged.On the basis of this information the patients were divided into two groups, making an N of 29 in each group. This was according to prearranged design and was justified since our original criterion was established as the ability to remain outside of the hospital for at least ninety days rather than staff judgment itself. The test data were presented to four judges.2 To rule out any factor other than the actual test performance, such as personal information, extraneous historical and recorded material, etc., all the tests were coded and presented in separate pairs. That is, their productions on the retesting were compared w'ith their earlier testing. No