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  • Statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1984. Colour lithograph for the Nederlands centrum Geestelijke volksgezondheid, 1986.
  • Statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1982. Colour lithograph for the Nederlands Centrum Geestelijke Volksgezondheid, 1984.
  • Statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1990. Colour lithograph for the Nederlands Centrum Geestelijke Volksgezondheid, 1992.
  • Statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1980. Colour lithograph for the Nederlands Centrum Geestelijke Volksgezondheid, 1982.
  • People talking to psychoanalysts; representing statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 2000. Colour lithograph for the Trimbos-instituut, 2001.
  • A precarious figure on a tightrope, representing statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1980-1996. Colour lithograph for the Trimbos-instituut, 1999.
  • A human figure erratically painted by Herman Brood, representing statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1997. Colour lithograph for the Trimbos-instituut, 2000.
  • A psychoanalyst on his couch analysing himself in a mirror; with statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1992. Lithograph for the Nederlands centrum Geestelijke volksgezondheid, 1994.
  • Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Lamiaceae. Baikal skullcap. Distribution: China. There are several hundred species of Scutellaria, also known as skull caps, so correct identification is important - in particular from Scutellaria lateriflora an American species known as Blue skullcap. The latter is used as an abortifacient and to expel placenta by the Cherokee and for cleaning the throat by the Iroquois (Austin, 2004). Much vaunted as a treatment for rabies with unlikely statistics (1,400 cases cured by one doctor alone). Also as ‘antispasmodic, nervine, [for] chorea, convulsions, tetanus, tremors, delirium tremens, [and as a] diaphoretic and diuretic'. Toxicity symptoms include mental confusion, stupor, headache, vertigo, photophobia, dilated pupils, difficulty in micturition, bradycardia, tremulousness and languor, followed by wakefulness and restlessness (Milspaugh, 1974). Hutchens (1991) reported that it reduces sexual desire and was used for almost every nervous illness. Scutellaria baicalensis contains baicalin, baicalein and wogonin (European Medicines Agency, September 2010). It is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for treating inflammation, cancer, bacterial and viral infections of the lungs and gut and is one of the '50 Chinese herbs' in the lists of some authors. Scutellaria lateriflora (combined with Verbena officinalis, Passiflora incarnata and the seed of Avena sativa (oats) is licensed for use in Britain as a herbal medicine for temporary relief of mild symptoms of stress such as mild anxiety and to aid sleep, based upon traditional use only. Scutellaria baicalensis is not licensed for use in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching after R. Newton, 1795.
  • A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching R. Newton, 1795, after himself.
  • 2nd self-portrait.
  • 2nd self-portrait.
  • 3rd self-portrait.
  • 13th self-portrait.
  • Broken windmill.
  • 3rd self-portrait.
  • Where the soft winds blow.
  • [Article (Saturday 4 August 1888) entitled: A chronicle of curious events. 6th August 1709 : Oliver Cromwell's 7' 6" porter Daniel was committed to Bedlam, having gone mad reading texts of "speculative divinity". He had been givien a bible by Nell Gwyn].
  • Tree of life.
  • 6th self-portrait.
  • 1st self-portrait.
  • 5th self-portrait.
  • Homage to Freud.
  • 5th self-portrait.
  • Birth of lust.
  • Angel and straitjacket.
  • 16th self-portrait.
  • Nail schizophrene.
  • 8th self-portrait.