A scale for measuring minimal social behavior.

Chronic deteriorated patients have been receiving increased attention since the advent of the tranquilizing drugs. The problem of evaluating the effects of these drugs on this type of patient has become acute. Recently the authors were called upon to evaluate the therapeutic effects of a new drug, promazine, on such patients (4). The existing scales seemed ill-suited for use at this very low level of functioning. A scale was constructed on the assumption that inappropriate interpersonal behaviors are an important facet of serious psychiatric illness. The items selected for this scale are intended to tap those habit patterns which are