A Method for Quantifying a Mental Status Examination.

摘要

During the period February through April 1973 American military prisoners of war were repatriated from the communist forces in Vietnam. Where were 77 Army, 26 Marine Corps, and 138 Navy individuals returned to the United States. As part of the planned longitudinal physical evaluations conducted at repatriation and annually thereafter, psychiatrists completed a mental status form for each RPW during each examination. A method for quantifying the mental status form was developed and the results were correlated with a number of health, behavioral, and adaptational variables. Significant correlations have been obtained (reported elsewhere), between the mental status measures and various psychiatric, medical and behavioral variables. (Author)