SELF-OTHER DIFFERENTIATION AMONG PSYCHOTIC AND CONDUCT-DISORDERED ADOLESCENTS AS MEASURED BY HUMAN FIGURE-DRAWINGS

24 psychotic-spectrum adolescents were compared with 23 conduct-disord ered adolescents on a self-other drawing differentiation task. Of the 24 psychotic-spectrum disordered adolescents, 14 received the diagnosi s of Psychotic Disorder NOS (Group 1) and the remaining 10 had diagnos es of Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder with Psychotic Features, and Sch izoaffective Disorder (Group 2). Interestingly, less impaired adolesce nts (Groups 1 and 3, the conduct-disordered group) showed significantl y more difficulty than the more impaired adolescents (Group 2) on self -other differentiation as measured by their differentiated drawings.