Changes in the Rorschach and MMPI-2 after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): a collaborative assessment case study.
We used before-and-after testing with the Rorschach Inkblot Test (Exner, 1997/2003) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (Butcher et al., 2001) to assist a psychotherapy client--a survivor of child abuse suffering from depression accompanied by hallucinations--in evaluating a course of electroconvulsive therapy that she underwent. The results of both tests indicated positive changes. During the collaborative discussion of the test results, especially the changes seen on the Rorschach, a deeper understanding of her skeptical response to evidence of improvement came to light and helped to refocus the ongoing psychotherapy work.
Keddy
Philip
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philipkeddyphd@gmail.com
Erdberg
Philip
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D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008875:Middle Aged; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012392:Rorschach Test