The British Journal of Psychiatry (2007) 190: A14. doi: 10.1192/bjp.190.4.A14
© 2007 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Psychiatry in pictures
EDITED BY ALLAN BEVERIDGE
Do you have an image, preferably accompanied by 100 to 200 words of
explanatory text, that you think would be suitable for Psychiatry in Pictures?
Submissions are very welcome and should be sent direct to Dr Allan Beveridge,
Queen Margaret Hospital, Whitefield Road, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 0SU, UK.
Ron grew up on a family farm in Surrey which he associates with peace and
quiet, comfort and cosiness. Many of his pictures have animals and rural
references. Reflecting on this image and the identity of the central figure he
said, `It's about a Jew's dilemma in life he's called "U. T.
Fat", not Jesus, not a Nazi or a streamline person I imagine him
as a sort of icon of Jewish fraternity, memories of another period of history,
with all his friends laughing and joking'. Ron is Jewish. Much improved for
Ron since commencing clozapine, but for some years the paintings stopped. His
early novels, The Circus of Simon Hollander and The Ratcatcher's
Almanac are lost and latterly he has concentrated more on his
`inventions', of which there are now 376. He feels these to be of great
importance, offering many ways of coping with life's problems and is
correspondingly frustrated that no-one of sufficient knowledge will take them
seriously or act upon them. Another picture by Ron will be featured in the May
issue of the Journal.