Creative Achievement and Psychopathology: Comparison among Professions

Arnold M. Ludwig, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 46, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.3.330

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This study attempts to determine the relationship between creative activity and psychopathology. Extensive information was obtained on 1,005 individuals whose biographies were reviewed in the New York Times Book Review over a 30-year period. The results indicated that individuals in the creative arts professions experienced significantly more psychopathology and underwent psychotherapy more frequently than those in other professions and that certain forms of psychopathology were predictive of creative achievement.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 46 • Number 3 • 1992, pp. 325–498

Pages: 330 - 354

PubMed: 1530096

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Published in print: 1992, pp. 325–498

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Arnold M. Ludwig, M.D.

E. A. Edwards Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536.

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Creative Achievement and Psychopathology: Comparison among Professions

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