Disordered thinking and the Rorschach : theory, research, and differential diagnosis / James H. Kleiger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kleiger, James H., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rorschach Test--Interpretation.

Rorschach Test.

Psychoses--Diagnosis.

Psychoses.

Diagnosis, Differential.

Psychotic Disorders--diagnosis.

Thinking.

Psychoanalytic Theory.

Medical Subjects:

Psychotic Disorders--diagnosis.

Thinking.

Rorschach Test.

Psychoanalytic Theory.

Diagnosis, Differential.

Physical Description:

xiii, 408 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hillsdale, NJ : Analytic Press, 1999.

Summary:

From its very inception, Hermann Rorschach's test has had the startling feature of eliciting clear and unmistakable evidence of disordered thinking in certain patients. In Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach, a comprehensive synthesis of existing research and theory, James Kleiger provides a thoroughly up-to-date text that covers the entire range of clinical and diagnostic issues associated with the phenomenon of disordered thinking as revealed on the Rorschach. Kleiger guides the reader through the history of psychiatric and psychoanalytic conceptualizations of the nature and significance of different kinds of disordered thinking and their relevance to understanding personality structure and differential diagnosis. He then moves on to thorough reviews of the respective contributions of David Rapaport, Robert Holt, Philip Holzman, and John Exner in conceptualizing and scoring disordered thinking on the Rorschach.

Having brought the reader to a full understanding of systematic exploration to date, Kleiger enters into a detailed analysis of the phenomenological and psychodynamic aspects of disordered thinking per se. Even experienced clinicians will find themselves challenged to reconceptualize such familiar categories as confabulatory or combinative thinking in a manner that leads to a richer understanding of the varieties of thought disturbances with their equally variable therapeutic and prognostic implications.

Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach is an extraordinary text for students, scholars, researchers, and clinicians alike. In summarizing a wealth of experience pertaining to the rigorous empirical detection and classification of disordered thinking, Kleiger has taken fulladvantage of the Rorschach as an assessment instrument able to provide a unique clinical window into human cognition.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Conceptualizing Disordered Thought 3

Chapter 2 The Rorschach Assessment of Disordered Thinking 23

Part 2 Thought Disorder Scoring Systems

Chapter 3 The Rapaport Method 45

Chapter 4 Holt's Primary Process Scoring System 60

Chapter 5 The Thought Disorder Index (TDI) 81

Chapter 6 Exner's Special Scores and Schizophrenia Index (SCZI) 100

Chapter 7 Alternative Thought Disorder Scoring Systems 120

Part 3 Conceptual and Theoretical Underpinnings

Chapter 8 Psychoanalytic Understanding of Thought Disorder Scores 141

Chapter 9 Confabulatory Thinking 170

Chapter 10 Combinative Thinking 189

Chapter 11 Contaminated Thinking 206

Chapter 12 Paleologic Thinking 222

Part 4 Differential Diagnosis of Rorschach Thought Disorder

Chapter 13 Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders 235

Chapter 14 Affective Disorders 256

Chapter 15 Borderline Syndromes 274

Chapter 16 Disordered Thinking Associated with Other Conditions 300

Chapter 17 Creativity or Disordered Thinking? 328.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-387) and index.

ISBN:

0881632325

OCLC:

40675048