Mental Health Matters Forensic Edition September 2021   Published by: Lepage Associates Psychological & Psychiatric Services   First time recipient?  See below for info.

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Pros & Cons of Rorschach Inkblot Test in Court Evaluations

Projective tests are used to gauge an individual’s thought patterns, processing, feelings, and needs through the person’s interpretation of ambiguous stimuli. Projective assessments come in many forms, but the most commonly accepted and used projective test is the “Rorschach Inkblot Test” where the subject describes what he or she sees in each image (inkblot). Responses are systematically assigned to various codes using a standard method and answers are further coded as typical or unusual using the long lists in the standardized manual. Statistical formulas convert the scores into psychological, interpretive data: dominant personality style, egocentricity index, flexibility of thinking index, and the suicide constellation. The test is well researched and has a long history of the most used projective measure in forensic cases. (Read on...)

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