The Childhood Hand that Disturbs Projective Test: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Drawing Test
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Childhood Hand that Disturbs Projective Test: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Drawing Test
By (Author) Roseline Davido
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
12th December 1994
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality
Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology
155.28
Physical Properties
Hardback
200
Description
The "Childhood Hand that Disturbs" (CHaD) is a clinical tool that is applicable to young and old. It is a complement to traditional batteries such as the Rorschach and Draw-a-Family, and self-assessment questionnaires. It is a free drawing test, and one that taps one of the most highly symbolic parts of the body - the hand. The ChaD has been tested on normal and pathological individuals for over ten years. Guidelines can now be set down for administration, testing and interpretation. Obviously, a projective test can never be more sensitive than the professional who uses it, but it is Davido's intention that the theoretical underpinnings and her presentations of case studies along with the drawings should help other practitioners deal better with the needs of their patients.
Reviews
The "CHaD" is a contribution by our French colleague that futher informs the explorer-clinician about the complexity of this field and the limitless possibilities to enhance our knowledge base.-View Point
"The "CHaD" is a contribution by our French colleague that futher informs the explorer-clinician about the complexity of this field and the limitless possibilities to enhance our knowledge base."-View Point
Author Bio
ROSELINE D. DAVIDO received her doctorate in clinical psychopathology and psychoanalysis from the University of Paris. Her earlier books are La Decouverte De Votre Enfant Par Le Dessin (1971) and Le Langage Du Dessin D'Enfant (1976).
