An analysis of intrusive morbid imagery in Rorschach responses: The cases of traumatized first responders in Korea.
Rorschachiana, Vol 44(1), 2023, 3-22; doi:10.1027/1192-5604/a000164First responders are generally a high-risk group, repeatedly exposed to traumatic and distressing scenes and events on their daily duties. Identification of detailed features and recurring patterns of intrusive visual imagery for first responders with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can uncover the psychological difficulties, defenses, and further adjustment issues of occupational groups exposed to repetitive trauma. To this end, 20 Rorschach protocols for Korean first responders with PTSD symptoms were collected and analyzed. The analysis of the Rorsc...
Source: Rorschachiana - March 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Editorial.
Rorschachiana, Vol 44(1), 2023, 1-2; doi:10.1027/1192-5604/a000168This issue of Rorschachiana includes four articles. The first two articles are empirical research studies on the features of morbid responses in first responders (Hwang et al., 2023) and on the construct of Rorschach complexity (Meyer, 2023). The third article focuses on the clinical use of the Zulliger Test as a means of describing changes after therapy in a client with retrograde amnesia (Hammarström & Grønnerød, 2023). The fourth article (Kpassagou, 2023) describes the application of the Rorschach extended inquiry with a client from Togo. Each paper ma...
Source: Rorschachiana - March 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Toward an integrative perspective on the person: Using Rorschach data to enhance the diagnostic systems.
This article presents an evidence-based framework for integrating interview and Rorschach data to enhance diagnostic precision, improve treatment planning, and provide a novel paradigm for studying the dynamics of psychopathology in clinical and community settings. Following a discussion of problems associated with monomethod assessment based on patient self-reports, the advantages of multimethod assessment in psychiatric diagnosis are described. A three-step approach to evidence-based multimethod diagnosis is outlined, emphasizing patients’ underlying dynamics, self-attributions, and expressed behaviors. The possibility...
Source: Rorschachiana - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Searching for a common language to talk about the Rorschach within and outside the International Society of the Rorschach and Projective Methods.
Rorschachiana, Vol 43(2), 2022, 95-102; doi:10.1027/1192-5604/a000159The current issue, originally envisioned by Sadegh Nashat and Filippo Aschieri, is an effort to advance a common language to talk about the Rorschach both with Rorschach users and with non-Rorschach users in two ways. The first, is by offering the first keynote speech of the Geneva Congress by Robert Bornstein in the form of an Invited Keynote Address (Bornstein, 2022). The author provides a detailed and encompassing response to the crucial question, “What is the Rorschach test?,” and describes the impact that Rorschach-based science can have on psych...
Source: Rorschachiana - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Toward an integrative perspective on the person: Using Rorschach data to enhance the diagnostic systems.
This article presents an evidence-based framework for integrating interview and Rorschach data to enhance diagnostic precision, improve treatment planning, and provide a novel paradigm for studying the dynamics of psychopathology in clinical and community settings. Following a discussion of problems associated with monomethod assessment based on patient self-reports, the advantages of multimethod assessment in psychiatric diagnosis are described. A three-step approach to evidence-based multimethod diagnosis is outlined, emphasizing patients’ underlying dynamics, self-attributions, and expressed behaviors. The possibility...
Source: Rorschachiana - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Searching for a common language to talk about the Rorschach within and outside the International Society of the Rorschach and Projective Methods.
Rorschachiana, Vol 43(2), 2022, 95-102; doi:10.1027/1192-5604/a000159The current issue, originally envisioned by Sadegh Nashat and Filippo Aschieri, is an effort to advance a common language to talk about the Rorschach both with Rorschach users and with non-Rorschach users in two ways. The first, is by offering the first keynote speech of the Geneva Congress by Robert Bornstein in the form of an Invited Keynote Address (Bornstein, 2022). The author provides a detailed and encompassing response to the crucial question, “What is the Rorschach test?,” and describes the impact that Rorschach-based science can have on psych...
Source: Rorschachiana - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Toward an integrative perspective on the person: Using Rorschach data to enhance the diagnostic systems.
This article presents an evidence-based framework for integrating interview and Rorschach data to enhance diagnostic precision, improve treatment planning, and provide a novel paradigm for studying the dynamics of psychopathology in clinical and community settings. Following a discussion of problems associated with monomethod assessment based on patient self-reports, the advantages of multimethod assessment in psychiatric diagnosis are described. A three-step approach to evidence-based multimethod diagnosis is outlined, emphasizing patients’ underlying dynamics, self-attributions, and expressed behaviors. The possibility...
Source: Rorschachiana - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Searching for a common language to talk about the Rorschach within and outside the International Society of the Rorschach and Projective Methods.
The current issue, originally envisioned by Sadegh Nashat and Filippo Aschieri, is an effort to advance a common language to talk about the Rorschach both with Rorschach users and with non-Rorschach users in two ways. The first, is by offering the first keynote speech of the Geneva Congress by Robert Bornstein in the form of an Invited Keynote Address (Bornstein, 2022). The author provides a detailed and encompassing response to the crucial question, “What is the Rorschach test?,” and describes the impact that Rorschach-based science can have on psychodiagnosis and on the field of psychology at large. The second is by ...
Source: Rorschachiana - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The active Bayesian brain and the Rorschach Task.
Rorschachiana, Vol 43(2), 2022, 128-150; doi:10.1027/1192-5604/a000158The Rorschach offers a unique and interesting paradigm from the perspective of the (Bayesian) brain. This contribution to the cross-disciplinary special issue considers the Rorschach from the perspective of perceptual inference in the brain and how it might inform subject-specific differences in perceptual synthesis. Before doing so, we provide a broad overview of active inference in its various manifestations. In brief, active inference supposes that our perceptions are the best hypothesis to explain sensory impressions. On a Bayesian account, the requi...
Source: Rorschachiana - September 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The active Bayesian brain and the Rorschach Task.
The Rorschach offers a unique and interesting paradigm from the perspective of the (Bayesian) brain. This contribution to the cross-disciplinary special issue considers the Rorschach from the perspective of perceptual inference in the brain and how it might inform subject-specific differences in perceptual synthesis. Before doing so, we provide a broad overview of active inference in its various manifestations. In brief, active inference supposes that our perceptions are the best hypothesis to explain sensory impressions. On a Bayesian account, the requisite belief updating rests sensitively upon the precision or confidenc...
Source: Rorschachiana - September 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
An update on social touch: How does humans’ social nature emerge at the periphery of the body?
Rorschachiana, Vol 43(2), 2022, 168-185; doi:10.1027/1192-5604/a000153Recent research suggests that early physical touch provided by caregivers may play a critical role in cognitive and affective development. The discovery of the C-tactile fibers—which selectively respond to low-speed physical stimulations, such as maternal affectionate touch and caresses—opened a promising field of research into the physiological bases of human togetherness. Notably, C-tactile fiber stimulation is primarily elaborated in a specific brain area (i.e., the insula), which is involved in affective and socio-cognitive skills as well as in t...
Source: Rorschachiana - August 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The right hemisphere and ambiguity: A possible role of handedness in Rorschach responsivity.
Rorschachiana, Vol 43(2), 2022, 151-167; doi:10.1027/1192-5604/a000152The Rorschach Test has evolved from an idiosyncratic projective personality test to an evidence-based performance test used widely in forensic settings. The current paper argues that Rorschach researchers should consider the role of two related neuropsychological factors in the assessment of Rorschach responding: the role of the right cerebral hemisphere in the perception of ambiguous figures and the role of individual differences (as a function of consistency of handedness) in responding to ambiguous stimuli. The right hemisphere is more fluent and flex...
Source: Rorschachiana - August 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
An update on social touch: How does humans’ social nature emerge at the periphery of the body?
Rorschachiana, Vol 43(2), 2022, 168-185; doi:10.1027/1192-5604/a000153Recent research suggests that early physical touch provided by caregivers may play a critical role in cognitive and affective development. The discovery of the C-tactile fibers—which selectively respond to low-speed physical stimulations, such as maternal affectionate touch and caresses—opened a promising field of research into the physiological bases of human togetherness. Notably, C-tactile fiber stimulation is primarily elaborated in a specific brain area (i.e., the insula), which is involved in affective and socio-cognitive skills as well as in t...
Source: Rorschachiana - August 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The right hemisphere and ambiguity: A possible role of handedness in Rorschach responsivity.
Rorschachiana, Vol 43(2), 2022, 151-167; doi:10.1027/1192-5604/a000152The Rorschach Test has evolved from an idiosyncratic projective personality test to an evidence-based performance test used widely in forensic settings. The current paper argues that Rorschach researchers should consider the role of two related neuropsychological factors in the assessment of Rorschach responding: the role of the right cerebral hemisphere in the perception of ambiguous figures and the role of individual differences (as a function of consistency of handedness) in responding to ambiguous stimuli. The right hemisphere is more fluent and flex...
Source: Rorschachiana - August 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
