ABSTRACT
The use of the Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM) for measuring personality functioning has a very rich history. The RIM has been employed within psychiatric hospital settings (Athey, 1974, 1986; Frieswyk & Colson, 1980; Kleiger, 1999; Klopfer, Ainsworth, Klopfer, & Holt, 1954; Rapaport, 1950, 1951; Rapaport, Gill, & Schafer, 1945), intensive outpatient assessments (Shevrin & Shectman, 1973), team evaluations of physicians having licensure and legal issues related to mental health status (Graham & Stacy, 2004; Katsavdakis, Gabbard, & Athey, 2004; Stacy & Graham, 2006), and forensic contexts (Gacono & Meloy, 1994; Gacono, Evans, & Viglione, 2002; Meloy, 1991; Meloy, Hansen, & Weiner, 1997; McCann, 1998; Piotrowski, 1996; Weiner, Exner, & Sciara, 1996; Weiner, 1977, 1995, 1996, 1998, chap.6, this vol.). Within a battery of psychological tests, clinical data, and collateral information, the RIM has been useful in clarifying an examinee’s perception, problem solving, affect/emotion regulation, thought organization, and reality testing.
