"The purpose of this study was to determine the significant differences between the responses of principal relatives of newly hospitalized male mental patients, to different form letters from the Social Service Department at The Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. These responses were dichotomized by: (1) the responses of the relatives who received the original Social Service form letter; and (2) the responses of the relatives who received the revised version of the aforementioned form letter, which was reconstructed by the author of this study to include the application of selected basic social casework principles to its content"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1961." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Howard Borsuk, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-57).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed Jan. 25, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60).