Observations in a Control Group of Patients in Psychosomatic Investigation

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Abstract
OVER a year ago we began a study concerning hyperthyroidism that included some inquiry into the sociologic and emotional characteristics of patients with this disorder. To provide a group for purposes of comparison — in effect a "control" group — we selected patients with infectious hepatitis for the following reasons: this is a disease of probable viral etiology, certainly not generally placed in the category of the "psychosomatic" illnesses; it occurs most commonly in young adults and is associated with a period of hospitalization comparable to that of our patients with hyperthyroidism; and infectious hepatitis is a disease bearing a . . .