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Between 2002 and 2014, <em>JAMA Psychiatry</em> published monthly essays by James C. Harris, MD, Director of the Developmental Neuropsychiatry Clinic and Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, exploring the role of the visual arts in representing truths about mental health, coping with illness, trauma and conflict, addressing social stigma, and enriching society's understanding of mental illness. JAMA Network is pleased to compile these essays for easy access by trainees, physicians, and the public. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="container flexible-rows"> <h3 class="ymal-head">Topics</h3> <div class="items-container simple-items"> <div class="item section"> <a href="asylums.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-asylums-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-asylums-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Asylums</h3> </a> <h5>William Hogarth, <em>Bedlam</em></h5> </div> <div class="item section"> <a href="bereavement-coping-with-loss.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-bereavement-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-bereavement-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Bereavement: Coping With Loss</h3> </a> <h5>Claude Monet, <em>Camille on Her Death Bed</em></h5> </div> <div class="item section"> <a href="depression-and-bipolar-disorder.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-depression-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-depression-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Depression and Bipolar Disorder</h3> </a> <h5>Vincent van Gogh, <em>Portrait of Dr. Gauchet</em></h5> </div> <div class="item section"> <a href="suicide.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-suicide-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-suicide-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Suicide</h3> </a> <h5>Frida Kahlo, <em>The Suicide of Dorothy Hale</em></h5> </div> </div> <div class="items-container simple-items"> <div class="item section"> <a href="anxiety-disorders.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-anxiety-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-anxiety-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Anxiety Disorders</h3> </a> <h5>Edvard Munch, <em>Anxiety (Angst)</em></h5> </div> <div class="item section"> <a href="schizophrenia-and-psychosis.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-schizophrenia-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-schizophrenia-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Schizophrenia and Psychosis</h3> </a> <h5>Richard Dadd, <em>The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke</em></h5> </div> <div class="item section"> <a href="substance-abuse.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-substance-abuse-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-substance-abuse-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Substance Abuse</h3> </a> <h5>Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, <em>The Hangover (Gueule de Bois)</em></h5> </div> <div class="item section"> <a href="traumatic-life-events.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-traumatic-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-traumatic-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Traumatic Life Events</h3> </a> <h5>Egon Schiele, <em>The Family (Squatting Couple)</em></h5> </div> </div> <div class="items-container simple-items"> <div class="item section"> <a href="sexual-issues-and-rape.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-sexual-issues-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-sexual-issues-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Sexual Issues and Rape</h3> </a> <h5>Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), <em>Tarquin and Lucretia (Rape of Lucretia)</em></h5> </div> <div class="item section"> <a href="eugenics-and-involuntary-euthanasia.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-eugenics-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-eugenics-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Eugenics and Involuntary Euthanasia (Degenerate Art)</h3> </a> <h5>George Grosz, <em>Metropolis</em></h5> </div> <div class="item section"> <a href="depth-psychology.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-depth-psychology-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-depth-psychology-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Depth Psychology (Freud and Jung)</h3> </a> <h5>Salvador Dalí, <em>The Metamorphosis of Narcissus</em></h5> </div> <div class="item section"> <a href="marriage-and-family-life.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-marriage-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-marriage-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Marriage and Family Life</h3> </a> <h5>Marie-Clémentine (Suzanne) Valadon, <em>Portrait of the Family</em></h5> </div> </div> <div class="items-container simple-items"> <div class="item section"> <a href="aging.html"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 766px)" srcset="images/jn-aging-666w.jpg"></source> <img alt="" src="images/jn-aging-500x500.jpg" /> </picture> <h3>Aging</h3> </a> <h5>J. 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