Limitations of the Rorschach as a diagnostic tool: A reply to Garfield (2000), Lerner (2000) and Weiner (2000)

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 441-448

  Wood, James M ^a   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^c   Garb, Howard N ^c   Nezworski, M Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; AUTISM; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPAREUNIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NARCOLEPSY; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RORSCHACH TEST;

EID: 0034094271     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(200003)56:3<441::AID-JCLP19>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Review

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