TY - JOUR
T1 - Great wits and madness
T2 - More near allied?
AU - Jamison, Kay Redfield
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - A purported association between creativity and psychopathology is ancient, persistent and controversial. Biographical research, studies of living artists and writers, and investigations into the cognitive and temperamental factors linked to both creativity and mood disorders suggest a more specific link to bipolar illness. A new, large and well-designed population-based study adds further support to this connection.
AB - A purported association between creativity and psychopathology is ancient, persistent and controversial. Biographical research, studies of living artists and writers, and investigations into the cognitive and temperamental factors linked to both creativity and mood disorders suggest a more specific link to bipolar illness. A new, large and well-designed population-based study adds further support to this connection.
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U2 - 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.100586
DO - 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.100586
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22045939
AN - SCOPUS:80655134678
VL - 199
SP - 351
EP - 352
JO - British Journal of Psychiatry
JF - British Journal of Psychiatry
SN - 0007-1250
IS - 5
ER -