Kleiger Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach

Theory, Research, and Differential Diagnosis
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-82871-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 424 Seiten

In Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach, 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. These synopses are followed by an equally fascinating examination of less well known research conceptualizations, which, taken together, help clarify the basic interpretive conundrums besetting the major systems.

Finally, 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 not only to new diagnostic precision, but also to a richer understanding of the varieties of thought disturbances with their equally variable therapeutic and prognostic implications.

With Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach, Kleiger has succeeded in summarizing a wealth of experience pertaining to the rigorous empirical detection and classification of disordered thinking. Equally impressive, he has taken full advantage of the Rorschach as an assessment instrument able to capture the richness of personality and thus capable of providing a unique clinical window into those crucially important differences in the quality of thought that patients may evince.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kleiger, James H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie Psychologische Diagnostik, Testpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Conceptualizing Disordered Thought
2. The Rorschach Assessment of Disordered Thinking
II. Thought Disorder Scoring Systems
3. The Rapaport Method
4. Holt's Primary Process Scoring System
5. The Thought Disorder Index (TDI)
6. Exner's Special Scores and Schizophrenia Index (SCZI)
7. Secondary Thought Disorder Scoring Systems
III. Conceptual and Theoretical Underpinnings
8. Psychoanalytic Understanding of Thought Disorder Scores
9. Confabulatory Thinking
10. Combinative Thinking
11. Contaminated Thinking
12. Paleologic Thinking
IV. Differential Diagnosis of Rorschach Thought Disorder
13. Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders
14. Affective Disorders
15. Borderline Syndromes
16. Disordered Thinking Associated with Other Conditions
17. Creativity of Disordered Thinking?
18. Final Thoughts

Über Autor(innen)

Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology, James H. Kleiger, Psy.D., is Director of Postdoctoral Psychology Training at the Menninger Clinic and a Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment. Dr. Kleiger is also a senior candidate and teaching associate at the Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis.