Stuart Baker-Brown, 43, a photographer and writer based in Dorset, was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1996. On World Mental Health Day, he delivers a unique personal insight into how his condition has nurtured his artistic expression.

i don't have schizophrenia but i have had schizophreniform psychosis (the difference being the duration of my episodes [under 6 months]) and a lot of those experiences go into the poetry i write

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