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The Rorschach test in clinical diagnosis: A critical review, with a backward look at Garfield (1947)
Author(s) -
Wood James M.,
Lilienfeld Scott O.,
Garb Howard N.,
Nezworski M. Teresa
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(200003)56:3<395::aid-jclp15>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - rorschach test , psychology , dissociative identity disorder , clinical psychology , psychopathy , thought disorder , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , antisocial personality disorder , anxiety , personality disorders , personality , schizotypal personality disorder , bipolar disorder , psychiatry , borderline personality disorder , psychosis , poison control , injury prevention , psychoanalysis , mood , medicine , environmental health
The present article comments on a classic study by Garfield (1947) then reviews research on the Rorschach and psychiatric diagnoses. Despite a few positive findings, the Rorschach has demonstrated little validity as a diagnostic tool. Deviant verbalizations and bad form on the Rorschach, and indices based on these variables, are related to Schizophrenia and perhaps to Bipolar Disorder and Schizotypal Personality Disorder. Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder also seem to give an above‐average number of deviant verbalizations. Otherwise the Rorschach has not shown a well‐demonstrated relationship to these disorders or to Major Depressive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders other than PTSD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dependent, Narcissistic, or Antisocial Personality Disorders, Conduct Disorder, or psychopathy. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 56: 395–430, 2000.