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Aspects of Thematic Apperception Testing: Paranoid Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Max Valentine  and
Ashley A. Robin
Max Valentine
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, Aberdeen University
Ashley A. Robin
Affiliation:
Scalebor Park
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This paper embodies an attempt to study paranoid conditions by the use of psychological tests of the “projection” type—here, the Thematic Apperception test (TAT) and the Ink-blot test of Rorschach. In giving a standardized projection test to a homogeneous group there is some hope that factors specific to the group may emerge. When the group has a common “mental disease” or psychiatric syndrome, it is possible that the results may throw light on the nature of its psychological processes—and hence, ultimately, on the nature of the disease.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 96 , Issue 405 , October 1950 , pp. 869 - 888
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1950 

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