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Rorschach test: differential responses in patients with and without suicide attempt

The aim of this study was to identify differential answers among groups of, patients diagnosed with Depression, patients diagnosed with Dysfunction of Personality and with Depression and patient with intent he/she commits suicide through the indicators of the Scale of suicidal Potential, proposed by Passalacqua, Herrera y Orcoyen (1997). The total sample was of 70 subject of feminine sex, with groups of approximately 18 people each one. There was significant difference in six indicators among the four groups and in ten indicators among the patients with intent commits suicide and the other participants. With these indicators it was carried out an analysis discriminate, being a high capacity to differentiate the different subgroups, especially to group of patient with intent commits suicide and the rest of people. One surrenders it formulates to calculate the probability of ownership to the group of suicide intent.

Suicide; Intent of Suicide; Psicodiagnóstico of Rorschach


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