Un abécédaire de la psychiatrie

Un Abécédaire de la Psychiatrie is the result of a collaboration between the artists of the duo NO SOVEREIGN AUTHOR and patients at the psychiatric day center “La Fabrique du Pré,” located in Nivelles, Belgium.

Presented in the form of a dictionary, this work invites us to rethink the world of psychiatry from the perspective of patients’ experiences. Original and visually striking works of art, created by patients in collaboration with artists, illustrate each dictionary entry, offering a radically new and unbiased approach to psychiatry. Each word, freed from historical interpretations, opens up to a new reality—one that is more sensitive and closer to us and to those who live it. Through their hands and before our eyes, the scientific lexicon of psychiatry becomes the language of the heart and the soul.