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Editorial
. 2011 Nov;199(5):351-2.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.100586.

Great wits and madness: more near allied?

Kay Redfield Jamison
Editorial

Great wits and madness: more near allied?

Kay Redfield Jamison. Br J Psychiatry. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

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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