title: The facade compulsive: a diagnostic formulation derived from projective testing.
abstract: A psychological "type" characterized by repetitive and compulsive action tendencies but not by obsessive thoughts was delineated. It was shown how this syndrome could be identified through differential inter-test patterning on projective techniques. The possibility of improving psychodiagnostic accuracy by stipulating expected configurations among tests in a battery was noted.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011386:Projective Techniques