J Clin Psychol. 2000 Mar;56(3):395-430; discussion 431-4.

The Rorschach test in clinical diagnosis: a critical review, with a backward look at Garfield (1947).

Wood JM, Lilienfeld SO, Garb HN, Nezworski MT.

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Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, 79968, USA. jwood@utep.edu

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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.

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