Creativity and mental disorder: Family study of 300 000 people with severe mental disorder

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 373-379

  Kyaga, Simon ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Boman, Marcus ^a   Hultman, Christina ^a,b   Långström, Niklas ^a   Landén, Mikael ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Psychiatry   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATIVENESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655130265     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085316     Document Type: Article

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