Creativity and mental illness: Is there a link?

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 166-172

  Waddell, Charlotte ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creativity; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

CREATIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031982346     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674379804300206     Document Type: Review

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