Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach : Theory, Research, and Differential Diagnosis

ISBN-13: 9780881632323 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 424 str.

James H. Kleiger

Opis

From its very inception, Hermann Rorschach's test has had the initially startling feature of eliciting clear and unmistakable evidence of disordered thinking in certain patients. Indeed, for many clinicians a central virtue of Rorschach assessment lies in its very ability to uncover and clarify underlying psychotic and psychotic-like mental processes.

Spis treści

Part I: Introduction to Thought Disorder and the Rorschach. Conceptualizing Disordered Thought. The Rorschach Assessment of Disordered Thinking. Part II: Thought Disorder Scoring Systems. The Rapaport Method.  Holt's Primary Process Scoring System. The Thought Disorder Index (TDI). Exner's Special Scores and Schizophrenia Index (SCZI). Secondary Thought Disorder Scoring Systems. Part III: Conceptual and Theoretical Underpinnings. Psychoanalytic Understanding of Thought Disorder Scores. Confabulatory Thinking. Combinative Thinking. Contaminated Thinking. Paleologic Thinking. Part IV: Differential Diagnosis of Rorschach Thought Disorder. Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders. Affective Disorders. Borderline Syndromes. Disordered Thinking Associated with Other Conditions. Creativity of Disordered Thinking? Final Thoughts.

O autorze

Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology, James H. Kleiger, Psy.D., is Director of Postdoctoral Psychology Training at the Menninger Clinic and a Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment. Dr. Kleiger is also a senior candidate and teaching associate at the Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis.