Research on the Clinical Usefulness of the Rorschach: 1. The Diagnosis of Schizophrenia

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

“…Even the test's critics agree that some Rorschach scores are related to schizophrenia (Dawes, 1994;Wood, et al, 1996aWood, et al, , 1996b; but see Frank, 1990). As numerous studies have shown (e.g., Archer & Gordon, 1988;Hilsenroth, Fowler, & Padawer, 1998;Johnston & Holzman, 1979;Saccuzzo, Braff, Sprock, & Sudik, 1984;Wagner, 1998), psychotic patients who take the Rorschach often show slippage in the use of language ("deviant verbalizations") or report seeing things in the blots that other people cannot ("bad form").…”

“…As numerous studies have shown (e.g., Archer & Gordon, 1988;Hilsenroth, Fowler, & Padawer, 1998;Johnston & Holzman, 1979;Saccuzzo, Braff, Sprock, & Sudik, 1984;Wagner, 1998), psychotic patients who take the Rorschach often show slippage in the use of language ("deviant verbalizations") or report seeing things in the blots that other people cannot ("bad form"). Some Rorschach scores that are related to schizophrenia also appear to be related to bipolar disorder (Frank, 1990;Khadavi, Wetzler, & Wilson, 1997) and perhaps to schizotypal personality disorder as well .…”