Creativity and Mental Illness

Herausgeber: Kaufman, James C.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book re-examines the common view that a high level of individual creativity often correlates with a heightened risk of mental illness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 438
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 783g
• ISBN-13: 9781107021693
• ISBN-10: 1107021693
• Artikelnr.: 41399442

Inhaltsangabe

Preface James C. Kaufman; Part I. Creativity and Mental Illness: The State
of the Field: 1. A socio-historical overview of the creativity-pathology
connection from antiquity to contemporary times George Becker; 2. The mad
(creative) genius: what do we know after a century of historiometric
research Dean Keith Simonton; 3. Reviewing recent empirical findings on
creativity and mental illness Melanie L. Beaussart, Arielle E. White, Adam
Pullaro and James C. Kaufman; 4. Building connections on sand: the
cautionary chapter Judith Schlesinger; Part II. Cognitive and
Neuroscientific Perspectives on Creativity and Mental Illness: 5.
Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying creative thinking: indications from
studies of mental illness Anna Abraham; 6. The evolutionary genetics of the
creativity-psychosis connection Aaron Kozbelt, Scott Barry Kaufman, Deborah
J. Walder, Luz Ospina and Joseph Kim; 7. Non-linearity in creativity and
mental illness: the mixed blessings of chaos, catastrophe and noise in
brain and behavior James E. Swain and John D. Swain; 8. Artists'
vulnerability to psychopathology: an integrative cognitive perspective Mark
Papworth; Part III. Creativity and the Spectrum of Mental Illness: 9.
Creativity and the spectrum of affective and schizophrenic psychoses Neus
Barrantes-Vidal; 10. When good is bad and bad is good: mood, bipolarity,
and creativity Geir Kaufmann and Astrid Kaufmann; 11.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and creativity: ever the
twain shall meet? Dione Healey; Part IV. Creativity and Mental Illness:
Possible Commonalities: 12. The shared vulnerability model of creativity
and psychopathology Shelley Carson; 13. On the fragility of the artist:
art's precarious triad Maja Djikic and Keith Oatley; 14. Creativity as
'compensatory advantage': bipolar and schizophrenic liability, the
inverted-u hypothesis, and practical implications Dennis K. Kinney and Ruth
Richards; Part V. Creativity and Mental Health: 15. Bringing the whole
universe to order: creativity, healing, and post-traumatic growth Marie J.
C. Forgeard, Anne C. Mecklenburg, Justin J. Lacasse and Eranda
Jayawickreme; 16. Inspiration and the creative process Todd M. Thrash, Emil
Moldovan, Amanda K. Fuller and John T. Dombrowski; 17. King Solomon and
psychoneuroimmunology: creativity and life coping Michael J. Lowis; Part
VI. Creativity and Mental Illness: What Now?: 18. Ruminating about mental
illness and creativity Emily C. Nusbaum, Roger E. Beaty and Paul J. Silvia;
19. Creativity and mental illness: reasons to care and beware James C.
Kaufman.