Primitive mental states and the Rorschach
By: edited by Howard D. Lerner, Paul M. Lerner.
Contributors: Lerner, Howard D.; Lerner, Paul M.
Publisher: International Universities Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Madison, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 704
Subjects: Rorschach test.; Psychoses -- Diagnosis.; Borderline personality disorder -- Diagnosis.; Narcissism -- Diagnosis.; Personality Assessment.; Personality Disorders.; Rorschach Test.
Description: With the integration of a modern object relations theory, a comprehensive psychodynamic developmental theory, and a clinically based psychology of the self into the mainstream of classical psychoanalytic theory, new models of personality development and psychopathology are emerging. These newer models, in turn, by broadening the conceptual basis for studying people by means of the Rorschach, have sparked a significant resurgence of interest in the test. This book examines the clinical and research uses of the Rorschach to the entire spectrum of primitive or developmentally earlier mental states, including narcissistic disturbances, eating disorders, victims of incest, and disturbances in gender identity. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.