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On the Validity of the Rorschach Test in the Diagnosis of Intracranial Damage and Pathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

D. Walton
D. Walton*
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Rainhill Hospital, near Liverpool and Winwick Hospital, Warrington
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Introduction Since the publication of Rorschach's Form Interpretation Test in 1921, its applications have been extended to cover an increasing number of clinico-psychological problems. Of these, one of the most important and difficult is the diagnosis of organic brain damage and pathology.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 101 , Issue 423 , April 1955 , pp. 370 - 382
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1955 

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