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The clinical measurement of anxiety

An experimental approach

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    A simple and objective method and apparatus are described for the detection and the measurement of anxiety.

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    This method consists in a simplified form of mirror drawing and the consequent interpretation of the subject's motor performances.

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    The interpretation of the data is based on the disintegration concept of anxiety.

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    A number of cases are presented to illustrate the practical application of the method and its possibilities in diagnostic work. Department of Psychiatry

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  1. New York University College of Medicine, New York, N. Y.

    David Wechsler Ph.D & Renatus Hartogs Ph.D.

  2. Psychological Department, Psychiatric Division, Bellevue Hospital, New York, N. Y.

    David Wechsler Ph.D & Renatus Hartogs Ph.D.

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  1. David Wechsler Ph.D
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  2. Renatus Hartogs Ph.D.
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Wechsler, D., Hartogs, R. The clinical measurement of anxiety. Psych Quar 19, 618–635 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01569123

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