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A follow-up study was made of human-figure drawings by a 16-year-old boy who was first seen at the age of 12 and reexamined over the course of treatment in a residential program five days weekly. There is evidence that drawings were useful indicators of improvement in treatment.
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Seifert, C.D. The human-figure drawing in the treatment of an autistic adolescent. Child Psych Hum Dev 19, 74–81 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00713737
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