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Creativity and mental illness - you have to be mad to be creative?

Psychiatry lecture


Using Robert Schumann as an example - a composer thought by some authorities to have suffered from bipolar disorder or manic-depression - why psychological dysfunction appears to so frequently accompany extreme ability, particularly in the arts is explored. Can a biographical and psychological analysis of great artists provide clues as to the genesis of genius?


Speaker(s):

Dr Raj Persaud | talks | www

 

Date and Time:

8 November 2006 at 6:00 pm

Duration:

1 hour

 

Venue:

Gresham College
Barnard's Inn Hall
Holborn
London
EC1N 2HH
+44 20 78 31 05 75
http://www.gresham.ac.uk

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