"Bob had a nervous breakdown, never diagnosed in modern terms, and spent his adult life in an institution. William had a breakdown, but recovered and sold the story of it to The Atlantic Monthly."
The article is "A Case in Occupational Therapy" by John Rathbone Oliver and William Heilman: "The Atlantic Monthly," February 1935, pp. 160-168. Link: https://www.unz.org/Pub/AtlanticMonthly-1935feb-00160