Psychodiagnosis in Schizophrenia

by Weiner; Irving B.

• ISBN13: 9780805825787
• ISBN10: 0805825789
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Psychodiagnosis in Schizophreniais a reprint of a classic volume in assessment psychology that first appeared in 1966. The book concerns the use of psychodiagnostic techniques in the differential diagnosis of schizophrenia. The author first presents a conceptual analysis of schizophrenic disturbance in terms of impaired ego functioning and extrapolates from schizophrenic ego impairments to psychodiagnostic indices that have been demonstrated to assess them. In particular, Weiner refers to the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, the Rorschach Inkblot Method, and the Draw-A-Person test. Clinical and research data delineating the nature of psychological deficits in schizophrenia are reviewed, and practical guidelines for the clinical assessment of these deficits are presented. The author next considers several differential diagnostic possibilities frequently considered in the evaluation of schizophrenic persons, with separate chapters devoted to the many forms of schizophrenia, such as: acute, chronic, paranoid, nonparanoid, incipient, remitting, borderline and pseudoneurotic. There are also chapters that focus on schizoaffective disorder and adolescent schizophrenia. The conceptual and empirical contributions to these distinctions are reviewed; accordingly, the differentiating characteristics of these subcategories are related to parameters of psychodiagnostic test performance. In additon, the process of differential psychodiagnosis in schizophrenia is illustrated by detailed case studies. In an extended new preface, the author comments on current perspectives and contemporary literature related to the individual chapters of the text.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii	(6)
Preface to the Republished Edition	xiii
PART I. INTRODUCTION	3	(24)
1. Basic approaches to schizophrenia: history and current issues	3	(12)
2. The ego-disturbance model of schizophrenia	15	(4)
3. Psychodiagnostic techniques in schizophrenia: a brief history	19	(8)
PART II. PSYCHODIAGNOSIS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA: ASSESSMENT OF DISTURBANCES IN EGO FUNCTIONING	27	(208)
4. Thought processes: I. Cognitive focusing	27	(33)
5. Thought processes: II. Reasoning	60	(25)
6. Thought processes: III. Concept formation	85	(18)
7. Relation to reality: I. Reality testing	103	(22)
8. Relation to reality: II. Reality sense	125	(24)
9. Object relations	149	(19)
10. Defensive operations	168	(25)
11. Autonomous functions	193	(26)
12. Synthetic functions	219	(16)
PART III. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA	235	(252)
13. Acute and chronic schizophrenia	235	(67)
14. Paranoid and nonparanoid schizophrenia	302	(57)
15. Incipient and remitting schizophrenia	359	(39)
16. Borderline and pseudoneurotic schizophrenia	398	(33)
17. Schizo-affective disorder	431	(23)
18. Schizophrenia in adolescence	454	(33)
PART IV. CONCLUSION	487	(24)
19. Scientific and professional issues in psychodiagnosis	487	(24)
References	511	(34)
Author Index	545	(10)
Subject Index	555