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ROUP psychotherapy of a permissive nature has been carried on by the authors, a clinical psychologist and a neuropsychiatrist, with psychiatric battle casualties. Treatment has been afforded in two separate groups, each conducted by one of the authors, as described in separate articles (2) (3) (4). Patients attended the group meetings, in most cases, for approximately six weeks.The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (1) was administered to twenty-two patients, insofar as possible at the beginning and end of treatment. The mean and median period elapsing between original and retest was five weeks, with a range of from two to seven weeks. Records were secured on the basis of the patients' availability for testing.No records were taken on a control group. While such a comparison would be of unquestioned value, it would not be meaningful in this instance, as the patients with the most favorable prognoses were selected for therapy.