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Psychological testing and retesting of first‐episode psychotics
Author(s) -
Lorentzen P.,
Andersen P. B.,
Munkner R.,
Knudsen P.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0447.106.s413.1_144.x
Subject(s) - rorschach test , danish , psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , test (biology) , cognition , clinical psychology , intelligence quotient , projective test , psychometrics , psychiatry , developmental psychology , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , psychoanalysis , biology
Objective To compare psychological test and retest results of 34 first‐episode psychotic patients. Material Patients included in ‘The Danish National Schizophrenia Project’. Method Six WAIS‐R subtests (Information, Vocabulary, Similarities, Picture Completion. Picture Arrangement, Block Design) and the Rorschach Test according to Exner's Comprehensive System (CNS) were given to the patient shortly after admission and 2 years later. Results Preliminary results from the retest show higher scores on the six WAIS‐R subtests, but no corresponding positive difference in the cognitive findings on the Rorschach Test. Conclusion Cognitive functions tested by WAIS‐R and Rorschach, respectively, need to be examined further.