Talk:Louis Wain

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Myth of psycho cat artist busted http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/26/myth-of-psychotic-ca.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.231.46.31 (talk) 05:37, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I love that this article rates a B for the biography wikiproject, but only a C for cats! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.206.122.26 (talk) 11:20, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

moved from article

Would it be possible to add my Louis Wain 1860-1939 Funny Cats, Dogs, Birds, Pigs Art website to your Louis Wain External Links Section? I have one of the largest collections of his work on display ?

Title: Louis Wain Funny Cats, Dogs, Birds, Pigs on Art Prints.

Web: [1]

Many Thanks

Paul Hussey --10:11, 13 August 2009 82.25.149.205

unrepresentative picture

In the "Mental disorder" section, there is a picture of two cats that is captioned as being "unrepresentative" of some of Wain's later work. Shouldn't this picture be removed if it does not represent the artist's body of work?

Sofa jazz man (talk) 18:17, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2 psychiatric points

It is understandable that this information was included, given that it comes from published sources, but as a psychiatrist I want to make 2 points to counter some misinformation: 1) The theory that toxoplasmosis may be a cause of schizophrenia, though not completely discounted, is very much not part of the common current medical understanding of schizophrenia. Connecting it to the case of Louis Wain seems an unlikely stretch. 2)More importantly, the current description of Asperger's disorder is totally inconsistent with Louis Wain's history of psychosis. Asperger's disorder is not a psychotic disorder,and it is a lifelong condition which does not explain a dramatic change in mental state in mid-life. Furthermore, there is nothing odd about a person with schizophrenia continuing to display talent and ability in visual arts. Because Asperger's is being diagnosed more frequently, I think it is particularly helpful to avoid misinformation about it.