Fine art academic and researcher Dr Michaela Ross in conversation with Artist Sue Morgan about her practice.

When she's experiencing hallucinations, artist Sue Morgan feels compelled to draw; to 'get it out of her head'. Sue was diagnosed with schizophrenia about 20 years ago. The drawing is therapeutic, but it's also Sue's way of expressing the complex and sometimes frightening secret world in her head.

We asked artist Sue Morgan to design the cover for Nature's special collection of articles about schizophrenia. Sue was diagnosed with schizophrenia about 20 years ago.