In order to investigate the effects of color stimuli of the Rorschach inkblot method (RIM), the cerebral activity of 40 participants with no history of neurological or psychiatric illness was scanned while they engaged in the Rorschach task. A scanned image of the ten RIM inkblots was projected onto a screen in the MRI scanner. Cerebral activation in response to five achromatic color cards and ...

OBJECTIVE Change in three types of thought disorder as measured by Rorschach responses (contaminations, confabulations, and fabulized combinations) were assessed during intensive, long-term, psychodynamically oriented inpatient treatment. METHOD Rorschach protocols for 90 seriously disturbed, treatment-resistant patients, 42 of whom were primarily preoccupied with primitive issues of interper...

This study attempted to test the validity of using single responses on the Rorschach as indicators of current suicidal risk. Forty-one depressed inpatients were administered the Rorschach along with a concurrent measure of depression and suicidality. Appelbaum and Holzman's (1962) color-shading sign was found to be related to low suicidal risk, whereas Blatt and Ritzler's (1974) transparency si...

Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) have been found to exhibit thought-disordered responses on unstructured psychological tests, but not on more structured tests. My study compared outpatients diagnosed with BPD to those who qualified for other personality disorders (OPD). Johnston and Holzman's (1979) Thought Disorder Index was applied to the Rorschach and Wechsler Adult Intell...

Context: Suicide attempt is a common high-risk behavior, and early detection crucial for prevention treatment. There limited research on suicide indices in the Rorschach test. Therefore, purpose of this review was to assess studies related indicators test determine whether use can indicate risk among people or not. Evidence Acquisition: All databases, including PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, w...

BACKGROUND Sensorimotor gating abnormalities have been previously correlated with thought disturbance in schizophrenic patients. These correlative studies have led to the hypothesis that sensorimotor gating abnormalities may underlie thought disturbance. Several authors have cautioned, however, that this and similar hypotheses are supported by data recorded at different times or during resting ...