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

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Table 8: summarising reported behaviour changes for case studies.<br />

No. case description/<br />

diagnosis<br />

1 group 14y. mixed sex<br />

Emotional/ behavioral<br />

problems<br />

2 28y. female Mild<br />

retardation<br />

3 2 females 13 and 15y.<br />

Disorganised<br />

Schizophrenia<br />

summary description <strong>of</strong> reported<br />

method<br />

video-taped early later <strong>art</strong> sessions.<br />

Unstructured <strong>art</strong> sessions. Sharing<br />

noted, minimal displacement<br />

activity<br />

Guided imagery and <strong>art</strong><br />

experiences. Used beh observation<br />

form, better; work production<br />

average, increase; and House Tree<br />

Person drawing test<br />

Storytelling and drawing tasks.<br />

Verbal deficits form and content <strong>of</strong><br />

speech and nonverbal deficit in<br />

logical thinking and drawing.<br />

4 24y male Schizophrenia Exercise left parieto-occipital<br />

function, verbal expression <strong>of</strong><br />

spatial relations. Exercise right<br />

hemisphere; drawing.<br />

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Interpreted<br />

Greater awareness <strong>of</strong> needs/feelings <strong>of</strong><br />

others. Showed greater co-operation non<br />

interference behaviour and more focused<br />

activity<br />

S achieved sense <strong>of</strong> accomplishment and<br />

internal control less feeling helpless.<br />

Blocking revealed deficiency in carrying<br />

out plans, poverty <strong>of</strong> content <strong>of</strong> speech<br />

reflected central deficit in planning.<br />

Central cognitive processing deficits<br />

sensitive to relative social/cognitive<br />

demands <strong>of</strong> context.<br />

Lowest levels <strong>of</strong> hallucinatory behaviour,<br />

aggressive verbal outbursts and physical<br />

aggression in right hem exercises.

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