[Contribution of the Rorschach test to the differential diagnosis of impotence]

Attention is called to the clinical problem of masked depressions and depressive equivalents. In certain situations, the "impotence" symptom can be classified sonographically among cyclothymic disturbances. The Rorschach test has been used to study some typical cases and it is stressed that a psychodiagnostic investigation may be useful in the differential diagnosis of the clinical syndrome.