A Brief Scoring Method to Screen for Psychopathology | |
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Here is an efficient method for scoring Rorschach responses. This convenient technique yields two numerical scores: a TETRAUT score based on the number and type of autistic responses, and a PAS score based on the perceptual accuracy of the responses. These two scores–derived in less than 10 minutes–are enough to identify two types of psychopathology, one associated with thought disorder, the other with general behavioral inefficiency.
What the Logical Rorschach provides is a quick way to screen for psychopathology that can be used by any clinician, regardless of his or her usual approach to the test. It is specifically designed to eliminate the complexity, redundancy, and overpathologizing of typical Rorschach scoring methods.
The two scores generated have been validated on clinical groups (600 individuals with schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, depression, personality disorders, brain damage, mental retardation, or chronic pain) as well as nonclinical populations (150 college students and candidates for law-enforcement jobs).
The Logical Rorschach Set includes a handbook and 4-page Record Booklet with space for background and referral information, behavioral observations, and responses (with reaction time, response number, TETRAUT and PAS scores and weights). The Record Booklet also includes convenient reference tables summarizing definitions and weights for TETRAUT subcategories, and the occurrence of low, medium, and high TETRAUT and PAS scores in clinical and nonclinical groups. On the back, all 10 plates are depicted in miniature, in full color.
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SET: Includes Handbook and 25 Record Booklets