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Creativity and mental illness: prevalence rates in writers and their first-degree relatives

·1987·American Journal of Psychiatry
DOI 10.1176/ajp.144.10.1288
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Rates of mental illness were examined in 30 creative writers, 30 matched control subjects, and the first-degree relatives of both groups. The writers had a substantially higher rate of mental illness, predominantly affective disorder, with a tendency toward the bipolar subtype. There was also a higher prevalence of affective disorder and creativity in the writers' first-degree relatives, suggesting that these traits run together in families and could be genetically mediated. Both writers and control subjects had IQs in the superior range; the writers excelled only on the WAIS vocabulary subtest, confirming previous observations that intelligence and creativity are independent mental abilities.

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Venue
American Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Published
1987-10-01
Volume
144
Issue
10
Pages
1288-1292
ISSN
  • 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
  • 1535-7228
DOI
10.1176/ajp.144.10.1288
OpenAlex
W1771603797
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770
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13
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Type
journal article
Language
en
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Creativity and mental illness: prevalence rates in writers and their first-degree relatives. (1987). American Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.144.10.1288

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