Rorschach Assessment of Psychotic Phenomena

James H. Kleiger is a psychologist-psychoanalyst in private practice in Bethesda, Maryland. He is a Fellow in the Society for Personality Assessment and Board Certified in Clinical and Personality Assessment Psychology. Kleiger has written Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach (1999) and was senior author of Assessing Psychosis: A Clinician’s Guide (2015), both by Routledge.

• LIST OF FIGURESLIST OF TABLESACKNOWLEDGMENTSFOREWORDINTRODUCTIONPART I UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSING PSYCHOTIC PHENOMENAChapter 1: Psychotic phenomena: Toward a conceptual understanding of reality testing and disordered thinkingChapter 2: Assessing disordered thinking and Psychotic PhenomenaPART II RORSCHACH ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOTIC PHENOMENA Chapter 3: Herman Rorschach’s experimentChapter 4: Contributions of Rapaport and Holt Chapter 5: The Thought Disorder Index Chapter 6: The Comprehensive System and Rorschach Performance Assessment SystemChapter 7: Alternative Rorschach approaches for assessing disordered thinkingChapter 8: Integrated model of Rorschach signs of disordered thinkingPART III DIMENSIONS OF DISORDERED THINKINGChapter 9: Disorganization: Problems in focusing, filtering, and language usage Chapter 10: Illogicality: Problems in reasoning and logic Chapter 11: Impoverishment in thinking and language Chapter 12: Awareness of perceptual and reasoning errorsPART IV DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF PSYCHOTIC PHENOMENA ON THE RORSCHACHChapter 13: Primary psychoses and the RorschachChapter 14: Secondary psychotic phenomena and the Rorschach Chapter 15: Malingered psychosis and disordered thinkingChapter 16: Rorschach indications of psychotic phenomena in children and adolescents FINAL THOUGHTS: EMPIRICAL, CONCEPTUAL, AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONSINDEX

"Dr Kleiger´s book is a welcome addition for clinicians and researchers working in the era of diagnosing psychoses. This book is a masterpiece, showing diligently the historical roots of classifying, analyzing and helping patients with different kinds of thought disorders. Dr Kleiger avoids stopping merely on the surface level of Rorschach and dives deep for the underpinnings of disordered thinking, doing so with respect and warmth towards patient´s difficulties. Reading the book is a congenial experience I hope many professionals will share with me."-Pekka Koistinen, Ph.D.,University of Oulu, Finland. "In this timely book on psychosis, Kleiger masterfully reviews complex topics discussed in diverse bodies of literature and integrates them in a clear, nuanced, and highly accessible manner. Every clinician and student who conducts psychological assessments, and every researcher who studies psychosis, should not only read this book but have a copy on their bookshelves for subsequent consultation. This book is not just about the Rorschach, the premiere psychological test for assessing psychosis—Kleiger provides a sophisticated and illuminating discussion of psychosis that every mental health professional and researcher should read. I have yearned for a resource like this, and Kleiger hits it out of the park."-Joni L Mihura, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Toledo, co-developer of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS)."This volume, by the acknowledged leading expert in Rorschach assessment of psychosis, is a "must-have" for any clinician or researcher in assessment. The book extends Kleiger's classic Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach by focusing on several thorny new issues as well as bringing it up to date with a consideration of newer Rorschach systems."-Bruce Smith, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley; Past President, International Society for Rorschach and Projective Methods.