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This book provides a definitive empirical study of antisocial character pathology and its assessment through the use of the Rorschach. Drawing upon a decade of research with nearly 400 individuals in various hospitals and prisons, the authors paint an extraordinary intrapsychic picture of the personality structure and psychodynamics of these troublesome patients.Serving as both an educational tool and a reference text, this book presents: * Rorschach data on several different antisocial groups -- conduct disordered children and adolescents, antisocial personality disordered adult males with and without schizophrenia, antisocial adult females, and male and female sexual homicide perpetrators; * nomothetic (group) and idiographic (case study) data; * data which have been analyzed and theoretically interpreted using both structural methods and psychoanalytic approaches which represent the cutting edge of Rorschach theory and practice; and* a developmental approach in analyzing Rorschach data gathered from antisocial children, adolescents, and adults -- providing striking similarities. This is the first Rorschach database of this type that has ever been published. As such, it serves as a valuable reference text for Rorschach users -- providing a definitive empirical base, theoretical integration, and a focus on individuals who create severe problems for society.
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The Rorschach Assessment of Aggressive and Psychopathic Personalities The L E A Series in Personality and Clinical Psychology Irving B . Weiner, Editor Gacono & Meloy • The Rorschach Assessment of Aggressive and Psychopathic Personalities The Rorschach Assessment of Aggressive and Psychopathic Personalities Carl B. Gacono Federal Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas University of California, San Francisco J. Reid Meloy Forensic Mental Health Division, San Diego County University of California, San Diego Copyright © 1994, by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. A l l rights reserved. No part of the book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. First published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 365 Broadway Hillsdale, New Jersey 07642 This edition published 2012 by Routledge Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 711 Third Avenue New York, N Y 10017 Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 27 Church Road Hove East Sussex B N 3 2 F A Cover design by Kate Dusza. Cover art used with permission of the Vincent van Gogh Foundation/van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Library of Congress CataJoging-in-Publication Data Gacono, Carl B . The Rorschach assessment of aggressive and psychopathic personalities / Carl B . Gacono, J. Reid Meloy. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. I S B N 0-8058-0980-5 1. Rorschach Test. 2. Aggressiveness (Psychology) 3. Antisocial personality disorders. I. Gacono, Carl B . II. Meloy, J. Reid. III. Title. [ D N L M : 1. Rorschach Test. 2. Aggression—psychology. 3. Antisocial Personality Disorder—psychology. W M 145 G122r 1994] RC473.R6G33 1994 155.2'32— E A , elevated S, lower pure H , and poor form quality 3 4 T H E C O N D U C T DISORDER DIAGNOSIS 15 T A B L E 2.1 Diagnostic Criteria for Conduct Disorder A . A disturbance of conduct lasting at least 6 months, during which at least three of the following have been present: 1. Has stolen without confrontation of a victim on more than one occasion (including forgery). 2. Has run away from home overnight at least twice while living in parental or parental surrogate home (or once without returning). 3. Often lies (other than to avoid physical or sexual abuse). 4. Has deliberately engaged in fire setting. 5. Is often truant from school (for o