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Specific indicators of Suicide Ideation on Rorschach Psychodiagnostics using Exner’s Comprehensive System in a sample from Delhi, India

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Sonia Puar, Dr. Dweep Chand Singh
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.si7.296

Abstract

Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide (World Health Organization, 2019). Every year 703 000 people take their own life and there are many more people who attempt suicide. Suicide assessment is a challenging task and can be masked by the willingness of the client to share information. Projective assessment by Rorschach psychodiagnostics is a relatively nonthreatening task without any right or wrong answers. A patients' interpretations of the innocuous inkblots can provide a glimpse into the patient's way of thinking and interpreting the environment. Suicide constellation given by Exner’s Comprehensive System (1993) on Rorschach psychodiagnostics assessment has not been found to be sensitive to different cultures (Wood & Lilienfeld, 1999). Thus, there was a need to find indicators of suicide ideation using Rorschach psychodiagnostics

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