Dysfonctionnements cognitifs liés aux pathologies limites à l'adolescence. Étude comparée de quelques tests projectifs

When he is confronted with recurrent conduct disorders in adolescents, the clinical psychologist needs reliable tools, allowing him to make a differential diagnostic between the troubles linked to the identity quest and a borderline personality organization. In this context, the study of the disordered thinking appearing in the projective tests may be especially interesting. Together with the Rorschach and the TAT, we use the stories written under musical induction, which have proved to be a prolific tool in diagnosis, therapy and research. These tests reveal complementary features in the disordered thinking of borderline patients and they can be used as a part of an integrated psychotherapy. The results of some comparative studies make think about the action of music as a stimulus of fantasy and invite us to adopt an attitude of therapeutic optimism.