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Study of Structural Analysis: Comparing Differential Diagnoses Based on Psychiatric Evaluation,the MMPI,and Structural Analysis of the Hand Test and Rorschach
Experimental investigation of Structural Analysis compared diagnoses of 30 psychiatric inpatients derived independently from psychiatric evaluations, MMPI analyses, and Structural Analysis interpretation of Hand Test and Rorschach data. Results yielded positive preliminary implications for the use of Structural Analysis in psychodiagnostics.
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