Brainstorm: Occupational choice, bipolar illness and creativity

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-241

  Tremblay, Carol Horton ^a   Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Yang, Ke ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar illness; Creativity; Mental health; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CREATIVITY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION;

EID: 77956647930     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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