ABSTRACT
In addition to the major contemporary research and clinical thought disorder scoring systems, there are a number of atypical and relatively obscure systems for scoring thought disorder on the Rorschach. Whether developed specifically for research purposes or proposed for use in clinical practice, these “secondary” systems employ a mixture of generally accepted scoring concepts along with novel additions and modifications. I include among these secondary systems Wynne et al.’s (1978) scoring of “communication deviance” on the Rorschach; the research-based scoring system of Harrow and Quinlan (Quinlan et al., 1972; Harrow and Quinlan, 1977, 1985); the clinical approaches of Aronow, Reznikoff, and Moreland (1994) and Schuldberg and Boster (1985); the psychoanalytically rooted system of Burstein and Loucks (1989); Wagner’s TRAUT System (1998); and the recently devised Menninger Thought Disturbance Scales.
