Differences in Handwritings of Schizophrenia Patients and Examination of the Change after Treatment

Ilhami Komur; Ahmet Selçuk Gurler; Bunyamin Baspınar; Esat Sahin; Muhammet Nabi Kantarci; Murat Emul; Eyup Kandemir; Haci Mehmet Akın; Huseyin Bulent Uner

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Differences in Handwritings of Schizophrenia Patients and Examination of the Change after Treatment

Ilhami Komur ^[2] ; Ahmet Selçuk Gurler ^[2] ; Bunyamin Baspınar ^[2] ; Esat Sahin ^[2] ; Muhammet Nabi Kantarci ^[2] ; Murat Emul ^[1] ; Eyup Kandemir ^[2] ; Haci Mehmet Akın ^[2] ; Huseyin Bulent Uner ^[3]
1. [1] Istanbul University
  
  Istanbul University
  
  Turquía
2. [2] The Ministry of Justice The Council of Forensic Medicine Cobancesme Istanbul Turkey
3. [3] The Ministry of Justice The Council of Forensic Medicine Cobancesme Istanbul Turke
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Localización: Journal of forensic sciences, ISSN-e 1556-4029, ISSN 0022-1198, Vol. 60, Nº. 6, 2015, págs. 1613-1619
Idioma: inglés
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- The aim of this study was to analyze the differences between the handwritings of schizophrenia patients and healthy subjects in addition to the changes that occurred in schizophrenia patients’ handwriting in response to the treatment. The test subjects were 29 schizophrenia patients and 29 healthy individuals with the same age, gender, and dominant hand. The changes in the handwritings were examined according to 14 different parameters. On the day of admittance, the percentage of extra letters was 16.7%, and after 7–10 days of hospitalization, it rose to 33.3%. The percentage of skipped words decreased from 29.2% to 16.7% after 7–10 days of hospitalization, and to 10% after 3 weeks. The letters written by schizophrenia patients are significantly larger in height and width compared to the control group. The schizophrenia patients showed a higher incidence of crossed-out letters, adding extra words, missing punctuation as well as missing words.