What Schizophrenia Does
A 20th-century artist, Louis Wain, who was fascinated by cats, painted these pictures over a period of time in which he developed schizophrenia. The pictures mark progressive stages in the illness and exemplify what it does to the victim's perception.
Pictures of cats painted by Louis Wain depicting the altered perceptions of a schizophrenic
(All pictures from Guttman-MacClay Collection, Institute of Psychiatry London. Used with permission.)
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