A Method for Quantifying a Mental Status Examination.

Abstract

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)

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058710

Entities

People

  • James D. Phelan
  • Milton Richlin
  • Raymond C. Spaulding

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • California
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Marine Corps
  • Neurobehavioral Manifestations
  • Personality
  • Prisoners
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thinking
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Criminal Law
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.