THE AUTOMATED RORSCHACH SYSTEM FOR KLOPFER-KATAGUCH TECHNIQUE

Automated Rorschach system was developed for Klopfer-Kataguchi technique. Programs were written in BASIC, the total size is about190KB, and run on a personal computer system of NEC's PC-9801series. The Rorschach scores were written by line-editor in the traditional manner. The automated interpretation was based on the standard scores cut off by mean± 1σ and mean± 2σ . Two hundred and fifty five if-then rule based system were constructed on the quantitative relationships included with contents, and the sequence of the record. Fifty four meta-rules regulate the contradictory rules. The outputs for screen, printer, and disk, were consisted of scoring list, tables of location, determinant, contents, psychogram, summary scor ings, record of clients, and the automated interpretation. The automated interpretation was printed in the ordinary style of Japanese containing about1500-2000letters. The system performance was evaluted for concordance of the automated diagnoses to the seventy-five clinical cases and to the thirty-three normal subjects. The result of analyses revealed that our system was in full clinical validity. The automated interpretation of the Rorschach record of the methamphetamine psychotic was compared to the report by the clinician.