Dissociated rage attacks in a Vietnam veteran: a Rorschach study.
A case study of a Vietnam combat veteran with episodic rage attacks is discussed with emphasis on Rorschach formal scoring and content analysis. Rorschach data suggest a near neurotic level of ego organization with massive repression in the form of dissociated violent outbursts. Vietnam combat trauma appears to be a precipitant. Developmental differences between preoedipal splitting and higher level dissociation are discussed. Dissociative states are posited to represent a developmental level of ego organization midway between borderline and neurotic levels and are not easily encompassed by either borderline or neurotic classifications.
D000786:Anger; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004532:Ego; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011889:Rage; D012392:Rorschach Test; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014744:Vietnam; D014857:Warfare