Bipolar affective disorder and creativity: Implications and clinical management

Research on the relationship between creativity and mental illness is summarized, and studies documenting a relationship in writers between creativity and affective illness (particularly bipolar illness) are described. Writers have a high prevalence of affective illness, and both affective illness a...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Comprehensive psychiatry 1988-05, Vol.29 (3), p.207-217
Main Authors: Andreasen, Nancy C., Glick, Ira D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Bipolar Disorder - psychology
Bipolar Disorder - therapy
Creativity
Humans
Intelligence
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - genetics
Personality
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Research on the relationship between creativity and mental illness is summarized, and studies documenting a relationship in writers between creativity and affective illness (particularly bipolar illness) are described. Writers have a high prevalence of affective illness, and both affective illness and creativity have increased frequency in their first-degree relatives. The clinical management of the creative individual is challenging. In general, creative individuals are most productive when their affective symptoms are under good control.
ISSN:0010-440X
1532-8384
DOI:10.1016/0010-440X(88)90044-2