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The psychopathology of everyday art: a quantitative Study - World ...

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Table 1: to show the simplified positive findings from case and control studies reviewed<br />

relating to content <strong>of</strong> picture.<br />

Type <strong>The</strong>me or subject matter Quality <strong>of</strong> picture Detail<br />

Psychosis/ Schizophrenia<br />

Brain Damage<br />

Mania<br />

Depression<br />

Anxiety<br />

Personality<br />

Disorder<br />

1. case studies<br />

2. controlled studies<br />

3. <strong>art</strong>ists studies<br />

threatening; religious or conflict 1<br />

illustrating symptoms 13<br />

problem solving 3 ,<br />

separation, individuation 1<br />

repeated numbers 1<br />

disturbed images 1<br />

symbols 1<br />

mild/bizarre content 21<br />

energy/ global tension 2<br />

personal 2 /(expressive<br />

3 1<br />

originality 2<br />

use <strong>of</strong> inanimate objects 2 .<br />

subject broken, disruption 1<br />

Archetypal images 1<br />

less reality/logic 2<br />

no people 2<br />

(Alzheimers + cancer metaphors <strong>of</strong> loss 1 )<br />

(Alzheimer's: poor/lack <strong>of</strong> content ( 2 )<br />

bizarre content 2 )<br />

(autism mouth 1 )<br />

'plus phenomena' 1<br />

rapid expansive euphoric 1<br />

'minus phenomena' 1<br />

self disclosure personal information 1<br />

expressive 3<br />

sombre gloomy themes 12<br />

disinterest /less human energy self or family 2<br />

mutilated, twisted, distorted, or aggressive figures 13<br />

complete happy scenes with symbols, yellow sun, flowers 1<br />

(improvement: impressionistic, realistic with fantasy images 1 )<br />

less problem solving 2 less global energy 2<br />

twisted or distorted aggressive figures 3<br />

(anorexia good quality subject matter 1 )<br />

more people 1<br />

187<br />

fragmented 13 ,<br />

nonintegrated 3 ; ossified,<br />

static 1<br />

balance <strong>of</strong> pic 12<br />

displacement 2<br />

simplification<br />

/regression 2 ,<br />

simplistic imagery 2<br />

(aphasic 1 ; dementia 1 )<br />

poor quality 2<br />

(Alzheimer's 2 ; also poor<br />

organisation)<br />

fragmented 3 ,<br />

nonintegrated 3 low<br />

quality <strong>of</strong> execution 1<br />

disorganised 2<br />

wild random uncontrolled<br />

incoherent drawings,<br />

unconnected 1<br />

more logic than other<br />

patients 2<br />

less compositional 2 and<br />

general integration<br />

developmental<br />

indicators 1<br />

damage to trees,<br />

broken limbs 1<br />

lack <strong>of</strong> detail 1<br />

simple shapes/<br />

omissions 1<br />

proportion errors,<br />

disconnections 1<br />

lack <strong>of</strong> detail (left<br />

brain damage 2 )<br />

(Alzheimers: faulty<br />

recall 2 ;<br />

essentials omitted 2 )<br />

1, 2<br />

less detail<br />

smaller drawing, odd<br />

relationships between<br />

sexes, few sex diffs in<br />

figures 2 ;<br />

depression as<br />

secondary diagnosis is<br />

discriminable 1<br />

<strong>The</strong> DAPA Category <strong>of</strong> Emotional tone: <strong>The</strong> emotional tone <strong>of</strong> the section <strong>of</strong> picture<br />

under examination, as it is perceived by the rater, is recorded as positive, neutral or<br />

negative. Positivity is not a popular scale <strong>of</strong> content measurement and certainly does not<br />

cover the content spectrum mentioned above, This method has the advantage that

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