TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - The Rorschach test for predicting suicide among depressed adolescent inpatients
JO  - Journal of personality assessment
A1  - Silberg, J. L.
A1  - Armstrong, J. G.
SP  - 290
EP  - 303
VL  - 59
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3891
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -