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The Relationship Between Creativity and Mental Illness  - I think I’ve only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing,” Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Katherine Anne Porter confessed in a 1963 interview. “The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water.” While art may be a form of therapy for the rest of us, Porter’s is a sentiment far from uncommon among the creatively gifted who make that art. Why?

Mental Illness: Don't Throw Out the Good With the Bad The relationship between creativity and mental illness has been well-documented. Now a new study confirms that bipolar disorder is found more commonly among people in artistic or scientific professions. In fact, the authors of the study note ...

The tortured artist is not a myth  - In his recent article on the relationship between creativity and mental illness , Jonathan Forani draws attention to an important and topical issue.