Perceptanalysis: The Rorschach Method Fundamentally Reworked, Expanded and Systematized

First Published in 1987. The Rorschach method since its creation in 1921 has gradually come to dominate the field of projective techniques in both the United States and Europe. Along with the Thematic Apperception and the Szondi tests, it is among the most widely used tools in clinical psychiatry, where it contributes to the understanding of personality patterns and to the evaluation of degrees of mental disorder. This book written by Dr. Zygmunt A. Piotrowski, who is an outstanding pioneer worker in the field of perceptanalysis, having spent twenty-two years of active research endeavor to elucidate the various problems. The material is well organized and lucidly presented in a way to enable the student as well as the more mature clinicians to understand many details not available previously in Rorschach publications. In fact, we have here the most complete book yet written on perceptanalysis as a science. The text explains in a concrete, step-by-step fashion the process of the examination in terms of the administration of the test; the basic principles of scoring, which are so fundamentally important; the determinant components of form, human movement, nonhuman-movement, color, and shading responses; and the meaning of the content.

Zygmunt A. Piotrowski Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital; Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Temple University; Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology), Thomas Jefferson University (emeritus); Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Xavier University; Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Laval University, Quebec; Area Consultant, U.S. Veterans Administration; Editorial Board, The Psychiatric Quarterly; Past President, The Rorschach Institute.