Rorschach Assessment Of The Personality Disorders

by Huprich, Steven Ken

• ISBN13: 9780805847864
• ISBN10: 0805847863
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-22
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

For decades, The Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM)--the most popular of the projective tests--has been routinely employed for personality assessment and treatment planning. But in recent years, it has not been free from controversy. Criticisms of its validity and empirical support are catalyzing new efforts to strengthen its foundations and document its broad utility. Among the most common--yet also most confusing and challenging--categories of clinical disorders is the personality disorders. However, minimal data have been available on the RIM evaluation of most of those found in DSM-IV. This welcome book constitutes the first research-grounded, comprehensive guide to the use of the RIM in assessing personality disorders. The first section offers a theoretical overview of personality disorders and constructs a framework and compelling rationale for the legitimate role of the RIM in their assessment. The second, third, and fourth sections present Cluster A disorders--paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal; Cluster B disorders--antisocial and psychopathic, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic; and Cluster C disorders--avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive. The fifth section presents passive aggressive and depressive personality disorders, currently being proposed for DSM inclusion. Each chapter in these four sections includes an extensive description of the disorder, a review of empirical studies of the use of the RIM to assess it, an analysis of the Rorschach variables that may characterize patients diagnosed with it, and a depiction of a real case and discussion of the ways in which the RIM contributed to its formulation. The sixth and final section explores the relationship between psychoanalytic theory and the RIM. Rorschach Assessment of the Personality Disorders brings practical help for clinicians and clinicians-in-training, and suggests new paths for researchers seeking to advance our understanding of the complexities of these disorders.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
Preface	xi
I: INTRODUCTORY ISSUES
Understanding Personality Disorders	3	(24)
Thomas A. Widiger
The Advantages of Assessing Personality Disorders With the Rorschach	27	(30)
Steven K. Huprich
Ronald J. Ganellen
II: CLUSTER A PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Rorschach Assessment of Paranoid Personality Disorder	57	(28)
Nancy Kaser-Boyd
Rorschach Assessment of Schizoid Personality Disorder	85	(28)
James H. Kleiger
Steven K. Huprich
Rorschach Assessment of Schizotypal Personality Disorder	113	(26)
Dana Deardeuff Foley
III: CLUSTER B PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Rorschach Assessment of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy	139	(32)
James L. Loving
Alan J. Lee
Rorschach Assessment of Borderline Personality Disorder	171	(34)
Joni L. Mihura
Rorschach Assessment of Histrionic Personality Disorder	205	(18)
Mark A. Blais
Matthew R. Baity
Rorschach Assessment of Narcissistic Personality Disorder	223	(42)
Leonard Handler
Mark J. Hilsenroth
IV: CLUSTER C PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Rorschach Assessment of Avoidant Personality Disorder	265	(24)
Ronald J. Ganellen
Rorschach Assessment of Dependent Personality Disorder	289	(22)
Robert F. Bornstein
Rorschach Assessment of Obsessive--Compulsive Personality Disorder	311	(34)
Robert B. Schneider
V: OTHER PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Rorschach Assessment of Passive--Aggressive Personality Disorder	345	(26)
Barry Ritzler
Galit Gerevitz-Stern
Rorschach Assessment of Depressive Personality Disorder	371	(26)
Steven K. Huprich
VI: PERSONALITY DISORDERS, PSYCHOANALYTIC SCIENCE, AND THE RORSCHACH
Rorschach Assessment of Object Relations: The Personality Disorders	397	(26)
Paul M. Lerner
Rorschach Assessment of Personality Disorders: Applied Clinical Science and Psychoanalytic Theory	423	(22)
Marvin W. Acklin
Susan H. S. Li
James Tyson
Author Index	445	(14)
Subject Index	459