[Rorschach test and the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia]

37 patients (21 men, 26 women) during treatment for schizophrenia were studied with Rorschach test, BPRS and Hamilton Depression Scale. In 12 patients Rorschach test results were not interpreted because of scant answers--these patients manifested more psychopathology, especially depressive and defective symptoms. In 25 patients, in whom the interrelationships between the applied tests were studied, the results indicated that the intensity of psychopathologic symptoms showed positive correlation with the analytically-scrupulous thinking; the intensity of productive symptoms correlated with the interests in other people. The finding was more pronounced among the male patients which may suggest some dependency of schizophrenic thought disorder on patients sex. The intensity of depressive symptoms measured by Hamilton Scale showed positive correlation with the index of thinking correctness but negative correlation with impoverishment of internal and external activity. The results suggest that depressive symptoms in the course of schizophrenia may significantly influence Rorschach test results.