Sometime in the'50s RD-B participated in a psychological research on performers and other creative artists. The research, conducted by well-known psychologists and psychiatrists, was undertaken because a number of young artists in Manhattan had been confined for mental health problems or had committed suicide.

According to RD-B, he understood both the need for the research and also why the young artists were having problems. He said, "Sometimes when I am performing I feel like I am going crazy."