Renata da Rocha Campos Franco

A depressão no teste das pirâmides coloridas de Pfister

O objetivo desse estudo foi investigar o desempenho de pacientes com depressao no testedas Pirâmides Coloridas de Pfister. Foram investigados 19 pacientes com depressao, previamente diagnosti-cados pela SCID, e seus desempenhos foram comparados com os resultados obtidos com uma amostra de 110individuos nao pacientes que participaram de um estudo normativo. Adotou-se como procedimento a versaodo Pfister de 24 matizes e a realizacao de tres pirâmides bonitas. Os resultados apontaram para um significa-tivo aumento do verde acompanhado da constância absoluta da cor violeta, bem como a maior incidencia depirâmides cortadas e de formacoes tendendo a estruturas. A combinacao desses indicadores possibilita identi-ficar pacientes com pânico havendo 86,4% de sensibilidade. Tais resultados permitem afirmar que o teste dePfister pode colaborar para o diagnostico de depressao, sendo contudo necessarios outros recursos para maiorseguranca diagnostica.

Validade incremental do Zulliger e do Pfister no contexto da toxicomania

The aim of this study was to verify the incremental validity of two projective techniques used to assess the personality traits of 20 addict patients. An assessment of the personality of ten Brazilian addict of alcohol and ten French heroin addicts who were experiencing the process of drug detoxification in specialized centers in Brazil or France was performed by the Phenomenon- structural Psychopathology perspective - a French theoretical approach that understands the mental functioning of the individual through the way it lives the space and time dimensions. The spatio-temporal relationship and the personality were understood by the verbal or pictured expression of the self and through the way images of projective techniques Zulliger and Pfister are built. The analysis showed consistency between the information generated by both instruments, demonstrating that Zulliger and Pfister, when applied in combination and interpreted by the phenomenon-structural method, are efficient to reveal the experiences of space and time of the subjects.

A psicopatologia fenômeno-estrutural e o Rorschach no transtorno de pânico

The aim of this study was to verify the occurrence of typical mechanisms or dynamics of patients with panic disorder, according to the principles of the structural psychopathology phenomenon. Four patients participated in the study, assessed according to the criteria of Axle 1 of the Structuralized Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I). The participants responded to the proposed task using the Rorschach methodology and the interpretations were based upon the switch on / switch off mechanisms in the structure of language. The results did not show a standard mechanism in the patients, but, with regard to these mechanisms, they demonstrated a definite inadequacy in terms of the transition between both mechanisms. When the epilepto-sensorial style was predominant, the more evident failures occurred with the transition to the switch off mechanism, while the schizo-rational style demonstrated a failure to integrate when the patients employed the switch on mechanism. Therefore the language and perception were more appropriate when using switch on mechanisms for the epilepto-sensorial style and the switch off mechanism for a schizo-rational style.

Validez incremental del Zulliger y del Pfister en el contexto de la toxicomania

The aim of this study was to verify the incremental validity of two projective techniques used to assess the personality traits of 20 addict patients. An assessment of the personality of ten Brazilian addict of alcohol and ten French heroin addicts who were experiencing the process of drug detoxification in specialized centers in Brazil or France was performed by the Phenomenon- structural Psychopathology perspective - a French theoretical approach that understands the mental functioning of the individual through the way it lives the space and time dimensions. The spatio-temporal relationship and the personality were understood by the verbal or pictured expression of the self and through the way images of projective techniques Zulliger and Pfister are built. The analysis showed consistency between the information generated by both instruments, demonstrating that Zulliger and Pfister, when applied in combination and interpreted by the phenomenon-structural method, are efficient to reveal the experiences of space and time of the subjects.

Incremental validity of the Zulliger and Pfister in the contexto of drug addiction

The aim of this study was to verify the incremental validity of two projective techniques used to assess the personality traits of 20 addict patients. An assessment of the personality of ten Brazilian addict of alcohol and ten French heroin addicts who were experiencing the process of drug detoxification in specialized centers in Brazil or France was performed by the Phenomenon- structural Psychopathology perspective - a French theoretical approach that understands the mental functioning of the individual through the way it lives the space and time dimensions. The spatio-temporal relationship and the personality were understood by the verbal or pictured expression of the self and through the way images of projective techniques Zulliger and Pfister are built. The analysis showed consistency between the information generated by both instruments, demonstrating that Zulliger and Pfister, when applied in combination and interpreted by the phenomenon-structural method, are efficient to reveal the experiences of space and time of the subjects.