Similar Rorschach patterning in three cases of anorexia nervosa.
The Rorschachs of three cases of ambulatory anorexia nervosa patients showed striking quantitative and qualitative similarities. Analysis of the patterning prompted a diagnosis of conversion hysteria with repressed orality as the suspected dynamism. It was suggested that the Rorschach might prove useful for diagnosing this hysteroid subgroup of patients for the purpose of differential treatment.
D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012392:Rorschach Test