title: Introduction to the final special section in the special series on the utility of the Rorschach for clinical assessment.
abstract: A special Series was organized to clarify the merits of the Rorschach for clinical assessment. Except for a neutral meta-analytic review, articles were solicited from scholars known to have opposing views on the Rorschach. The authors participated in a structured, sequential, evidence-based dialogue that focused on strengths and limitations when using the Rorschach for applied purposes. The debate has taken place over 4 iterations, with later articles building on and reacting to those generated earlier. The first 5 articles in the Special Series were published earlier (G. J. Meyer, 1999), and the final 6 articles are published in this issue of Psychological Assessment. This article provides a brief overview of the full Special Series and an introduction to the 6 articles contained in this Special Section. The Special Series provides clinicians, researchers, educators, and students with a thorough review of the evidence and logic that are critical for understanding the Rorschach's strengths and limitations in clinical assessment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA. afgjm@uaa.alaska.edu
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012392:Rorschach Test