"The purpose of this study was to compare attitudes toward mental illness as expressed by the relatives of veterans on Regular Trial Visits from the Veterans Administration Center, Gulfport Division, Biloxi, Mississippi between January 1, 1959 and June 30, 1959. The secondary purpose was a comparison of nine identifying and seven hospital items of 82 veterans, and several characteristics of relatives"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 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: Irene E. Morris, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-97).