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The use of Fingerpaintings in the Clinical Evaluation of Psychotic Conditions: a Quantitative and Qualitative Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

H. E. Lehmann  and
F. A. Risquez
H. E. Lehmann
Affiliation:
Verdun Protestant Hospital; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal
F. A. Risquez
Affiliation:
Caracas
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Paintings and drawings of emotionally and mentally disturbed persons have been the subject of many psychological and psychiatric investigations. The psychological evaluation of graphic art can probably be considered as the oldest “projective” technique. Paintings and drawings have been systematically studied by psychologists and psychiatrists from three different aspects: 1, As indicators of the developmental stage reached in perceptual, motor and intellectual functions (Goodenough, 1926; Graewe, 1932; Bender, 1938; Gesell and Ames, 1946).

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 99 , Issue 417 , October 1953 , pp. 763 - 777
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1953 

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