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Cognitive Regression and Dynamic Factors in Suicide: an Integrative Approach (IN: Primitive Mental States and the Rorschach, ed. by H D Lerner & P M Lerner)
Marcus B F
This article describes the cognitive aspects of suicidality & the validity of the Rorschach test in assessing these components. The author reviews the studies on cognitive factors & suicide, & provides a case history involving cognitive regression. She concludes that the Rorschach displays all the important features expected in such a model, including marginal reality testing, rapid shifts between concrete & symbolic thinking, & disruption of interntal-external boundaries. (VM)