@article{ref1,
title="The Rorschach test for predicting suicide among depressed adolescent inpatients",
journal="Journal of personality assessment",
year="1992",
author="Silberg, J. L. and Armstrong, J. G.",
volume="59",
number="2",
pages="290-303",
abstract="With the decreasing length of psychiatric hospitalizations, identification of test indicators of suicide risk becomes critically important. This Rorschach study was designed to model a clinical decision-making scenario concerning adolescent suicide risk. Using Psychiatric Evaluation Form (PEF) scores, we selected a sample of 25 severely depressed and suicidal adolescents; 26 severely depressed, not suicidal adolescents; and 28 not suicidal, not depressed adolescent inpatients at The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital. A Rorschach Index using the Exner (1986) Comprehensive System for scoring was developed to predict group membership. Four of six of the features on this index selected 64% of suicidal subjects. This constellation included traditional affective variables (vista responses, color-shading blends, color dominated responses, and morbid content) as well as measures of cognitive distortion (inaccurately perceived human movement responses M-. and special scores). We discuss the implications of these findings for the diagnosis and treatment of the suicidal adolescent.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3891",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}