An Analysis of the Psychosocial Needs of the Veteran Patient

摘要

A structured questionnaire using both open ended and closed statements was used to obtain information about the psychosocial needs of the hospitalized veteran and to discover if the needs of the Vietnam veteran differed from those of other patients. On the basis of this study, it appeared that similarities among the veterans of the various war periods were more pronounced than the differences. With the exception of the obvious difference, i.e., age, marital status, number of hospitalizations, etc., the only areas in which differences appeared were in the area of drug use and years of education. Some feelings of resentment towards authority were evident in the young patient as compared with the older veterans. Generally, all patients in the sample were displaying the same psychosocial needs in the period of hospitalization.