The Diagnostic Utility of Welsh's A-R Categories

The purpose of this study was to determine if the diagnosis-A-R category relationships described by Welsh hold for other patient samples. White, nonorganic males were categorized into one of four quadrants using Welsh's criteria. Statistical analysis showed no differences among the subgroups with regard to age, IQ, education or marital status. The major analysis disclosed no support whatsoever for Welsh's findings, either for all diagnostic groupings or for the separate diagnostic subgroupings presumably related to specific quadrants.