Rorschach assessment of senior adults
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Rorschach assessment of senior adults
Routledge, 2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This guide is a much-needed reference for clinicians on how to use the Rorschach Inkblot Test with senior adults, an essential tool for assessing personality functioning to better identify psychological interventions. The book integrates historical developments, current research, conceptual considerations, and therapeutic and diagnostic applications.
Chapters review basic guidelines for the understanding and interpretation of Rorschach variables, including protocol validity; interpretation of structural variables, thematic imagery, and cross-cultural normative data; sequence analysis; and more. The authors then provide 10 case illustrations of how the Rorschach indices of cognitive functioning, emotional experience, interpersonal relatedness, and self-perception can facilitate differential diagnosis and treatment planning in clinical work with older people. These case illustrations are rooted in previously non-existent Rorschach reference data based on an international sample of more than 250 senior adults and a second sample of more than 200 patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Clinicians will come away with a solid empirical basis for distinguishing between normal-range personality functioning and manifestations of psychological disorder in the elderly and for providing beneficial interventions to senior adult patients.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I Introduction
Chapter 1: Current Research and Perspectives on Aging
Neuropsychological Research on Aging
Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging
Conclusion
References
Chapter 2: Historical Developments in the Rorschach Assessment of Senior Adults
Early History
Standardized Data for Senior Adults
Historical Developments in Applying the Rorschach as a Neuropsychological Tool
Conclusion
References
Part II. Conceptual Considerations
Chapter 3: Effective Utilization of the Rorschach Task in Clinical Gerontopsychology
The Nature of the Rorschach Task
Interpretive Significance of Test Behaviors
Comments
Expressive Style
Interpersonal Style
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Parameters of Rorschach Interpretation
Protocol Validity
Interpretation of Structural Variables
Cognitive Functioning
Affective Experience
Interpersonal Relatedness
Self-Perception
Interpretation of Thematic Imagery
Identifying Responses Rich in Thematic Imagery
Formulating Interpretive Hypotheses
Judging the Plausibility of Thematic Interpretations
Sequence Analysis
Conclusion
References
Part III. Normative Rorschach Data for Senior Adults
Introduction to Normative Rorschach Data for Senior Adults
References
Chapter 5: International Normative Data for Nonpatients
Interpreting Rorschach Cross-Cultural Normative Data
Normative Data for Senior Adults in the Twenty-First Century
Implications of the Normative Data
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Developmental Issues
Basic Developmental Concepts in Aging
Applying the Rorschach for Assessing Developmental Personality Changes
Rorschach Assessment of Younger and Older Senior Adults
Cognitive Functioning
Affective Experience
Interpersonal Relatedness
Self-Perception
Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
Cognitive and Emotional Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease
Rorschach Assessment of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
Cognitive Functioning
Affective Experience
Interpersonal Relatedness
Self-Perception
Conclusion
References
Part IV. Applying Rorschach Assessment of Senior Adults: Case Illustrations
Introduction to Case Illustrations
Chapter 8: Dementia: "Old miners" or "Happy clowns?"
Background Information
Interpretation of Rorschach Data
Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Bipolar Disorder: "A broken heart, ruptured in some way"
Background Information
Interpretation of Rorschach Data
Conclusion
References
Chapter 10: Korsakoff's Syndrome: "Reminds me of my life"
Background Information
Interpretation of Rorschach Data
Conclusion
References
Chapter 11: Therapeutic Assessment of Acute Depressive Reaction: "Disgusting creatures"
Background Information
Interpretation of Rorschach Data
Conclusion
References
Chapter 12: Traumatic Stress Condition: "Two people helping each other, but it's hopeless"
Background Information
Interpretation of Rorschach Data
Conclusion
References
Chapter 13: Manic Defenses: "Could be a conflict but it's nice to me"
Background Information
Interpretation of Rorschach Data
Conclusion
References
Chapter 14: Medical Condition and Somatization: "A slight indication of a butterfly"
Background Information
Interpretation of Rorschach Data
Conclusion
References
Chapter 15. The Apres Coup Effect: "Like a butterfly that is folded"
Background Information
Interpretation of Rorschach Data
Conclusion
References
Chapter 16: Fibromyalgia and Alexithymia: "It's better not to think about it than to suffer"
Background Information
Interpretation of Rorschach Data
Conclusion
References
Chapter 17: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality: "I'm looking for a symbolic response"
Background Information
Interpretation of Rorschach Data
Conclusion
References
Part V. Conclusion
Chapter 18: Concluding Remarks+
References
Index
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