nanece of M. P. F+%, and R+%, with the decrease of Sao might reflect the trend of the old schizophrenics which is favourable to the readaptation to the social life. THE STATUS OF MARRIAGE IN SCHIZOPHRENICS (THE REPORT f Kazuhiko ISHIGAKI (Ryukyu National Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Okinawa) The status of marriage was investigated among seventy-eight schizophrenics who had married before the onset of the illness. The results were as follows 1. The age of onset in many male and female patients was

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... in their thirties. Majority of patients were ill with schizophrenia for a period of more than several years after marriage. 2. The number of patients who had divorced were four (12.5%) in males, twenty-three (50%) in females. The onset or relapse of the disease was the most common cause for divorces. 3. The family members are usually husband and wife, but in female patients there were some who lived with their parents, or lived alone.