The best and the worst of us?

Wood, Nezworski, Garb, and Lilienfeld provide a compelling critique of the norms developed by Exner for the Rorschach Comprehensive System. There does appear to be a systematic error that results in clinicians and researchers identifying pathology that may not in fact be present. Wood and his collea gues recommend that the Comprehensive System not be used in clinical or for ensic work. The Rorschach is prone to excessive interpretation and should p erhaps not have an appreciable or significant impact on the resolution of l egal disputes. However, even Wood and Lilienfeld previously concluded that valid information can be obtained within a Rorschach protocol. The dispute over the Rorschach may be a flashpoint of a wider and more fundamental disp ute within the profession.