"The purpose of this study is to search out and record some of the social factors which influenced the patient's premature return to the hospital from a ninety day trial visit in his community. The goal is to gather and analyze the content of the records of these patients and to examine the literature relating to the problems of schizophrenic patients after they leave the hospital. The objective is to describe some of the stresses encountered by the patient which were more than he could bear and to isolate some of the social factors which upset his balance"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1959." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: William L. Leap, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references.

"The purpose of this study was to determine the differences, if any, between seventeen foster families who indicated a financial reason as a factor in offering their service to provide family care to neuropsychiatric patients, and nineteen families who stated non-financial reasons, but who were also providing family care to mentally ill patients. The focus of the analysis of the data collected for these thirty-six foster families was to ascertain which of the twenty-two items significantly differentiated the families when dichotomized by financial reason and cross-tabulated on these selected items"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "January, 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: Dorothy D. Hayes, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references.