AN UNUSUAL RESPONSE TO THE THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST
HAROLD KAPLAN M. D.1,
HERBERT HAUCK M. D.1, , and
MILTON L. KLEINMAN M. A.2
1 Neuropsychiatric Service, VA Hospital, Bronx 68, N.Y.
2 Clinical Psychology Section of the Neuropsychiatric Service, VA Hospital, Bronx 68, N. Y.
An unusual response to the Thematic perception Test is reported in which verse was used as the means of expression. These verses were composed extemporaneously by a patient who had never before shown any verse-making proclivity. Accompanying the report is a personal history of the patient.