Linda Rainaldi, E-mail: ld.rain@telus.net This Section of Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences appears in each issue of the Journal and is dedicated to all forms of creative production born of an intimate and individual urge, often secretive, unbound from the conventional art system rules. Through short descriptions of the Outsider art work of prominent artists and new protagonists often hosted in community mental health services, this Section intends to investigate the latest developments of the contemporary art scene, where the distances between the edge and the center are becoming more and more vague. Nova Cantabrigiensis is a utopian vision of a university, modelled on Cambridge, but located in the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia, a special area of the Bay of Fundy, home to the most dramatic tidal range in the world.

Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

Art Therapy - history; Mental Disorders - psychology; Paintings - history; Art; Mental Disorders - therapy; Mentally Ill Persons - psychology; History, 20th Century; Humans; Creativity; Paintings - psychology; Tidal range; Drawing; Gold; Mental health; Outsider art; Artists; Epidemiology; Index Medicus; Devlin; Canada; Bay of Fundy; Nova Scotia Canada; Art brut; outsider art; contemporary art; intuitive art

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