THE CORNELL MEDICAL INDEX-HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE VII: THE PREDICTION OF PSYCHOSOMATIC AND PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES IN ARMY TRAINING
KEEVE BRODMAN M. D.,
ALBERT J. ERDMANN JR. M. D.,
IRVING LORGE PH. D.,
JEROME DEUTSCHBERGER M. A., , and
HAROLD G. WOLFF M. D.1
1 The New York Hospital, the Departments of Medicine (Neurology) and Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, and The Institute of Psychological Research, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Data were collected with a medical questionnaire, the Cornell Medical Index-Health Questionnaire, from men undergoing preinduction examination. Analyses of these data suggest that the Health Questionnaire is a suitable instrument for identifying many of the men who will later serve inadequately during the first 4 months of army training.
