ABSTRACT
When forming a group specifically for treatment, patients who have no connection in life with each other are called together. The thematic apperception test is also valuable, especially for comparing results after a period of treatment with the initial ones. The patients had, in a routine way, already been bombarded by various tests according to the different psychiatrists they had originally seen, the standard procedure being the Cornell Index. The form of treatment recommended to a patient was not of course based on the questionnaire alone, but on the following interview and clinical judgement. The initial interview will be greatly helped by the fact that contact has been made in writing and a preliminary picture of the patient been formed. First of all, one need not worry about those of the objective data which one already has; secondly, the enquiry into the patient's attitude. Patients should be ones who would probably be considered suitable for psychotherapy.
