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Exploring schizophrenic thinking in older adolescents with the WAIS, Rorschach and WIST
Author(s) -
Bilett Jane L.,
Jones Nelson F.,
Whitaker Leighton C.
Publication year - 1982
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 - 10.1002/1097-4679(198204)38:2<232::aid-jclp2270380202>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - rorschach test , psychology , clinical psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , developmental psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , intelligence quotient , psychiatry , cognition
Literature that addresses the diagnosis of mental disorder in adolescents strongly suggests that it may not be possible to do so. Schizophrenic thinking, in particular, has been seen as generally characteristic of adolescents. Making judgments of specific responses from the Rorschach, the WAIS, and the WIST, 10 expert clinicians were able to make judgments with regard to 12 adolescents in the 16–19 age range that were suprisingly accurate in discriminating among schizophrenics, nonschizophrenic hospitalized adolescents, and a normal control group. Results indicate that schizophrenic thinking is not necessarily characteristic of adolescents and that information from the WIST may be helpful in identifying schizophrenic adolescents.