Mental illness, suicide and creativity: 40-Year prospective total population study

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-90

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

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Psychiatry   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism; Bipolar disorder; Creativity; Nested case control study; Schizophrenia; Substance abuse; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CREATIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 84869877337     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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