Bipolar mood disorder, creativity and schizotypy: An experimental study

Psychopathology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 296-302

  Rybakowski, Janusz K ^a   Klonowska, Paulina ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Barron Welsh Art Scale; Berlin Intelligence Test; Bipolar disorder; Creativity; Depression; Mania; Oxford Liverpool Inventory of Feelings and Experiences; Remission; Revised Art Scale; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 79958061939     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322814     Document Type: Article

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