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- This study was supported by a grant, MH‐4974, from the National Institute of Mental Health and by the Pennsylvania State University. Acknowledgements are made to Stanley Fowler, Mary Harrison, Jay Richardson, and Robert Hobaugh for their extensive help in the design and execution of this study, and to Flora Ann Norris for her assistance in the preparation of this manuscript.