[Evaluation of Piotrowsky's organic signs in the Rorschach test of patients with an early stage of dementia].

This paper aims at observing how frequently Piotrowsky's organic signs are detected when Rorschach test is administered to patients with suspected dementia. The organic group was a 15-patient sample, compared with a normal subjects control group. Both groups were similar as far as age, I.Q., and education were concerned. Our findings show that Perplexity was the sole item to get significant results. Out of the remaining signs, only two--namely, Movement and Automatic Phrases--were somewhere near a significant level. These findings were compared with other researchers'. Postulating that Perplexity, Movement, and Automatic Phrases might constitute useful clues when assessing the possibility of an early stage of dementia is the conclusion this article aims at.