Title: Creativity and mental health - Wikipedia
Headings: Creativity and mental health
Creativity and mental health
Contents
History
Studies
Mood and creativity
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia
Arguments that support link
Bipolar disorder
Emotions
Posthumous diagnosis
Positive correlation
Mental illness and divergent thinking
Arguments against a link
Notable individuals
See also
References
External links

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Composer Ludwig van Beethoven may have had bipolar disorder. Links between creativity and mental illness have been extensively discussed and studied by psychologists and other researchers for centuries. Parallels can be drawn to connect creativity to major mental disorders including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, OCD and ADHD. For example, studies have demonstrated correlations between creative occupations and people living with mental illness. There are cases that support the idea that mental illness can aid in creativity, but it is also generally agreed that mental illness does not have to be present for creativity to exist. Contents
1 History
2 Studies
3 Mood and creativity
4 Bipolar disorder
5 Schizophrenia
6 Arguments that support link
6.1 Bipolar disorder
6.2 Emotions
6.3 Posthumous diagnosis
6.4 Positive correlation
6.5 Mental illness and divergent thinking
7 Arguments against a link
8 Notable individuals
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
History
It has been proposed that there is a particular link between creativity and mental illness (e.g. bipolar disorder, whereas major depressive disorder appears to be significantly more common among playwrights, novelists, biographers, and artists).