Manic dedifferentiation and the creative process

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 365-379

  Anderegg, David ^a   Gartner, Gina ^b  

^a BENNINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CREATIVITY; HUMAN; MANIA; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW;

EID: 0034999838     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0736-9735.18.2.365     Document Type: Review

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