Organic Integrity Test (OIT) In Children

Abstract

Introduction THE ORGANIC Integrity Test (OIT) was first published in theArchives of General Psychiatry(3:43-52 (July) 1960) by Tien.10This test measures form perception as an indication of organicity as unrelated to intelligence. Astrom confirmed the reliability and the validity of the OIT in Sweden (1963),1and Engelsmann confirmed it in Czechoslovakia. Astrom stated that "Tien has, therefore, to great extent succeeded with that which many other test constructors before him have completely or partially failed to; that is, to produce an organic test which is relatively unrelated to intelligence." There is no reasonable doubt that the OIT measures organicity in adults. Astrom has compared to advantage the OIT with Benton's Visual Retention Test,2Koh's Blocks, and the performance tests of Wechsler for organicity. In adults, the OIT can show organicity which a clinical examination frequently fails to demonstrate, even

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