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- Title
Performance of patients with Psychosis on Human Figure Drawing Test (HFDT).
- Authors
Khan, Jasar; Mishra, Deapti
- Abstract
Conditions of chronic psychosis such as schizophrenia and mania are likely to result in several salient changes in the patient‟s personality and result in several cognitive changes. Clinical psychological testing specialization constitutes a specialized form of testing that focuses on differentiating individuals based on the nature and degree of psychopathology. The critical role of psychological assessment in treatment planning has been increasingly recognized in recent years because of its significant role in diagnostic and psychotherapeutic intervention strategies. The HFDT is designed to enhance the time-honored projective analytics aspects of human figure drawing analysis. The aim of the present study was to understand the HFDT profile of Indian patients with Psychotic conditions. The sample consisted of 80 patients with Psychosis diagnosed according to the ICD 10 DCR (1993) criterion, drawn from IPD and OPD of Gwalior Mansik Arogyshala, Gwalior, M.P., India. The sample included people of both sexes and in the age range of 18-50 years. Materials: Human figure drawing test (HFDT) by Mitchell et al. (1993). Results indicated that Indian patients with psychosis drew several specific features such as a small-sized figure, left placement, gross disproportion, unequal arms, heavy lines, genderless figures, developmentally indistinguishable features, naked without genitalia, and omissions of various parts. The authors concluded that there are several qualitative and quantitative variations on Human Figure Drawing test features in Indian patients with psychosis.
- Subjects
GWALIOR (India); INDIA; PSYCHOSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; HUMAN beings; PATHOLOGICAL psychology
- Publication
SIS Journal of Projective Psychology & Mental Health, 2024, Vol 31, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
0971-6610
- Publication type
Article