IF THE psychiatrist interviews servicemen who have broken down mentally day after day, month in and month out, he is likely to conclude that all men have mental breaking points; furthermore, he may wonder how it is possible that the United States is winning the war. His outlook on life and his interpretation of human behavior are apt to be colored, if not strongly influenced, by the symptoms and diseases that he finds in his patients. It is evident that all patients referred to the psychiatrist in a military hospital must have mental symptoms of some type. To decide that . . .