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

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1. Depressives showed significantly less dominant form in their pictures than any other<br />

group.<br />

2. As expected, the pictures <strong>of</strong> controls showed the most dominant form (significantly<br />

more than depressives, schizophrenics and personality disorder).<br />

3. Substance abusers' pictures were not significantly lower than controls (but they were<br />

significantly higher than depressed).<br />

4. Against expectations, schizophrenics showed significantly more dominant form in<br />

their pictures than depressives.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re was no evidence to support the diagnosis <strong>of</strong> schizophrenia rather than any other<br />

patient group from lack <strong>of</strong> form, but depression may be indicated by such. Controls did<br />

score more than any patient group, but this may not be an indicator <strong>of</strong> health as such,<br />

because substance abusers overlap these scores.<br />

Summary <strong>of</strong> results by characteristics <strong>of</strong> typical pictures from all other groups:<br />

Schizophrenia: pictures showing very little black, <strong>of</strong> low intensity with some<br />

dominant form.<br />

Substance abuse: high levels <strong>of</strong> black, low green, drawn lines not painted, some<br />

dominant form.<br />

Depression: moderate levels <strong>of</strong> black (less than half the picture, but more than a<br />

qu<strong>art</strong>er), no dominant form.<br />

Personality disorder: less than half the picture black, low green, higher intensity,<br />

some dominant form.<br />

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