Donna Martino's List: Inevitable Spirals and Meticulous Fabrications Source List

While this is not specifically sourced in the final draft of this piece, it did provide background information.

Paul Wilkes interview that brings up how he found himself at the location of Rothko's suicide (section highlighted for your ease/enjoyment!).  Please note that this is done in an oral history transcript format, so it is a little odd visually.

A link to the abstract of Hilda Werschkul's article "Rothko, Melancholia, and the Spiritual Promise of the Baroque."  There is a link to the PDF on the page.

Research from the department of neurosurgery at St. Olav University Hospital in Norway.

A very interesting look at gender and suicide rates among artists.  I really enjoyed reading this effort... so you should, too.

A study of Sylvia Plath's mental health.

BE READY TO WANT TO HUG VAN GOGH AND PUSH HIS HAIR OFF OF HIS DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE BROW.  Goes through the trials and tribulations of his mental and physical health.

Interesting research for folks that can read/comprehend neuroscience, and interesting scans regardless of your expertise in the field.

From Neurosurgery:  Principles and Practice about the mortality of aneurysms.