Psychotic Art - 9780415209335

Taylor & Francis

This is Volume XV of nineteen in the Abnormal and Clinical Psychology series. The psychiatrist by dealing with the total personality, tends to become a Jack-of-all trades; he measures his patients\u2019 body-configuration and their mental abilities; he assesses his patients\u2019 electro-encephalographic records and their paintings; he interferes with his patients\u2019 cerebral structure and with their set of values, and so forth. Originally published in 1950, this study is a psychiatric one, it was intended for interested nonpsychiatric research workers as well, and in consequence the description of some phenomena had to be out of proportion to others. > Chapter 1 Definitions and Approach; Chapter 2 Form in Psychotic Art; Chapter 3 The Content of Psychotic Art; Chapter 4 An Illustrative Case of Schizophrenia; Chapter 5 The Nature of Psychotic Art; Chapter 6 An Illustrative Case; Chapter 7 Interpretation of Psychotic Art; Chapter 8 Cultural Influences;