Among the books published in 2003 by the publishing house Van Oorschot in Amsterdam were 'Twee Ambachten', a collection of essays by Rutger Kopland and 'Strikt', a novel by Minke Douwesz. The authors of both books are psychiatrists. Kopland has already made a name for himself as a writer, but Douwesz is a completely new name in Dutch literature. In this essay, which was inspired by the two books in question, I attempt to explore the relationship between psychiatry and literature. There are interfaces between psychiatry and literature, that because of very different reasons can be worth to be researched.