recent World Health Organization study. The total cost of the disorder in the US is estimated to be. more than $8 billion.4 OCD is a treatable condition with 50% to 60% of patients responding to. first line of treatment, which includes pharmacological and/or psychological intervention.5,6 How-. ever, about one-third of the patients improve only partially, and roughly 20% do not respond to.
A Masterpiece is the work of an artist who has been absorbed by the spirit of his/her times and can transform a personal experience into a universal one. Masterpieces make us forget the artists, and instead direct our attention to the artists works.
Even so Michelangeloâs genius was not dulled by this violent encounter, he produced a copy of an ancient marble sculpture, a Faun. This depiction of a half man, half goat so admired by Lorenzo is sadly lost but it marked the beginning of the artistâs long and distinguished career as a sculptor.