Creativity and Mental Illness

More Evidence Linking Creativity, Mental Illness

Are new approaches needed to safeguard benefits of psychiatric disorders?

By Robert Preidt

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

The findings also suggest that to safeguard the positive traits associated with mental illness, new approaches to treatment might be considered, the researchers said.WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A large new study adds to evidence linking creativity and mental illness.

The investigators looked at long-term data from nearly 1.2 million Swedish psychiatric patients and their relatives, and found that bipolar disorder was more common among people with artistic or scientific professions, such as dancers, photographers, authors and researchers./.../