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Drawing in autistic spectrum disorder children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

S. Cepedello ,
A.S. Adrian ,
G.B. LAura ,
M.T. Eduardo ,
D.U.V. Nieves ,
D.L.R. Henar  and
Á.A. Aldara
S. Cepedello*
Affiliation:
Hospital Clinico Universitario, Psiquiatria, Valladolid, Spain
A.S. Adrian
Affiliation:
Hospital Clinico Universitario, Psiquiatria, Valladolid, Spain
G.B. LAura
Affiliation:
Hospital Clinico Universitario, Psiquiatria, Valladolid, Spain
M.T. Eduardo
Affiliation:
Hospital Clinico Universitario, Psiquiatria, Valladolid, Spain
D.U.V. Nieves
Affiliation:
Hospital Clinico Universitario, Psiquiatria, Valladolid, Spain
D.L.R. Henar
Affiliation:
Hospital Clinico Universitario, Psiquiatria, Valladolid, Spain
Á.A. Aldara
Affiliation:
Hospital Clinico Universitario, Psiquiatria, Valladolid, Spain
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Drawing can be a tool to complete the psychodiagnose process, especially in children with expression and verbal problems.

The autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) children have problems to describe their feelings and emotions, they can provide us many information drawing their own world.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to discover the psychopathology of children with ASD through their drawings.

Methods

A4-sized booklets were given for ASD children from 6 to 16 years to draw an imaginary family (L. Corman), a human figure (Buck) or a free drawing.

Results

In most of the drawings of ASD children, we could find at least one of the three criteria of ASD: social deficits, communication difficulties and restricted interests.

Conclusions

A projective technique as drawing could help us to discover additional information about our patients, specially children and mainly the ones who had problems with the expression of feelings like ASD children.

The act of drawing can be used to understand children's struggles, their internal world. Moreover, it could also help the children gain insight and review progress through drawing records.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster viewing: child and adolescent psychiatry
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S433 - S434
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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