STUDIED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A NUMBER OF PRESUMED PROGNOSTIC INDICATORS AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IMPROVEMENT IN MENTAL HOSPITAL PATIENTS. 165 PATIENTS FROM AN ACUTE AND INTENSIVE TREATMENT HOSPITAL SERVED AS SS. DATA WERE COLLECTED AT TIMES OF ADMISSION, DISCHARGE, AND 6 MO. AFTER DISCHARGE. 7 DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IMPROVEMENT WERE MEASURED. RESULTS WERE AS FOLLOWS: (1) SOME OF THE PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES, E.G., CHRONICITY, WERE NOT FOUND TO BE RELATED TO ANY OF THE IMPROVEMENT MEASURES; (2) MANY OF THE PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES WERE FOUND TO BE RELATED TO ONLY SOME ASPECTS OF IMPROVEMENT; AND (3) IN A FEW INSTANCES THESE RELATIONSHIPS WERE FOUND TO BE A FUNCTION OF THE SEX OF THE PATIENTS. (23 REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)