Creativity and mental disorder
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Links between creativity and mental disorder.
A link between mental disorder and decreased ability is commonly assumed, but evidence to the contrary also exists. In reviewing any association between creativity and mental disorder, our aim is not only to update the literature but also to include an epidemiological and theoretical discussion of the topic. For literature retrieval, we used Medline, PsycINFO, and manual literature searches. St...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.200.4.347