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Creativity and psychopathology: Two sides of the same coin?
The Mad Genius is a recurring stereotype of contemporary cultural expression, and many famous personalities and creators have suffered from psychopathology. Creativity and genius may be a sought-after trait; however, it is also commonly believed to be associated with psychopathology. This has been e...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6102953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30166672 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_129_18 |
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author | Reddy, Indla Ramasubba Ukrani, Jateen Indla, Vishal Ukrani, Varsha |
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description | The Mad Genius is a recurring stereotype of contemporary cultural expression, and many famous personalities and creators have suffered from psychopathology. Creativity and genius may be a sought-after trait; however, it is also commonly believed to be associated with psychopathology. This has been examined, starting with Lombroso's investigation of genius and madness in 1800s followed by a dearth of literature debating the association between the two. This evidence for this polarizing issue ranges from psychometric to neuroscientific disciplines and creates ambiguity neither refuting nor accepting this association completely. Through this article, we briefly review the literature on this subject and try to decipher what is written in between the lines, how creativity and psychopathology may fuel each other, and what may be its clinical implications. |
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spelling | pubmed-61029532018-08-30 Creativity and psychopathology: Two sides of the same coin? Reddy, Indla Ramasubba Ukrani, Jateen Indla, Vishal Ukrani, Varsha Indian J Psychiatry Review Article The Mad Genius is a recurring stereotype of contemporary cultural expression, and many famous personalities and creators have suffered from psychopathology. Creativity and genius may be a sought-after trait; however, it is also commonly believed to be associated with psychopathology. This has been examined, starting with Lombroso's investigation of genius and madness in 1800s followed by a dearth of literature debating the association between the two. This evidence for this polarizing issue ranges from psychometric to neuroscientific disciplines and creates ambiguity neither refuting nor accepting this association completely. Through this article, we briefly review the literature on this subject and try to decipher what is written in between the lines, how creativity and psychopathology may fuel each other, and what may be its clinical implications. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6102953/ /pubmed/30166672 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_129_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Reddy, Indla Ramasubba Ukrani, Jateen Indla, Vishal Ukrani, Varsha Creativity and psychopathology: Two sides of the same coin? |
title | Creativity and psychopathology: Two sides of the same coin? |
title_full | Creativity and psychopathology: Two sides of the same coin? |
title_fullStr | Creativity and psychopathology: Two sides of the same coin? |
title_full_unstemmed | Creativity and psychopathology: Two sides of the same coin? |
title_short | Creativity and psychopathology: Two sides of the same coin? |
title_sort | creativity and psychopathology: two sides of the same coin? |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6102953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30166672 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_129_18 |
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