A questionnaire on clients' satisfaction was given to 40 psychiatric patients in a state hospital program. Responses showed generally high satisfaction (74%). Comparisons with earlier surveys in the same program suggested that feedback of results to the program staff without concentrated efforts by management to induce change may not be sufficient to improve reported satisfaction by patients. Clients' satisfaction correlated .43 with Rotter's Interpersonal Trust Scale, but neither measure was significantly related to staff ratings of patients' behavioral adjustment or to demographic variables.
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