creators_name: Preti, Antonio
type: other
datestamp: 2002-01-10
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:52
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title: THE GIFT OF SATURN: CREATIVITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
ispublished: pub
subjects: clin-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: creativity, language, art, creativeness, music, painting, writing, schizophrenia, depression, manic-depression, bipolar disorder, suicide, anorexia nervosa, bulimia, bulimia nervosa, mental illness, mental disorder, madness, psychopathology
abstract: 1. Introduction: the difficult definition of creativity
2. Genius and madness
3. A broken mind: schizophrenia and the artistic temperment
4. The circular insanity: manic-depressive illness and the bipolar disorders
5. Mood disorders and achievement
6. An open conclusion
7. Related articles
8. Web sites
9. Glossary 


date: 1996
date_type: published
refereed: FALSE
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citation:   Preti, Antonio  (1996) THE GIFT OF SATURN: CREATIVITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY.      
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