title: The amnestic syndrome: applying the Rorschach Inkblot method for differential diagnosis.
abstract: Dissociative processes were investigated in a man diagnosed with focal retrograde amnesia (FRA) following a traumatic head injury without any anterograde memory deficit. Findings were derived from the Rorschach Inkblot method, which was administered together with other performance-based tests and a self-report inventory for evaluating dissociative proneness in personality functioning. A substantial set of behavioral and test response variables indicated dissociation proneness and the activation of dissociative mechanisms. This conception was supported a few months following the evaluation when the patient reported a total spontaneous recovery of the memory deficit. The interplay between neurological and functional factors in FRA is discussed with a view for creating an integrated model.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaffo , Tel Aviv , Israel.
authors.forename: Shira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tibon Czopp
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zeligman
authors.forename: Sagit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kedem
authors.forename: Uri
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hadar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000648:Amnesia, Retrograde / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012392:Rorschach Test
keywords: Dissociation; Focal retrograde amnesia; Personality functioning; Rorschach Inkblot method, Trauma