Madness Redefined:Madness Redefined: Creativity, Intelligence and the Dark Side of the Mind

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The notion of a “tortured genius” or “mad scientist” may be more than a romantic aberration. Research shows that bipolar disorder ...

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John Keats, Emily Dickinson | Cynthia McFadden's Introduction | Participant Introductions | Is there a scientific base to the madness and creativity link? | Spatial contrast and artistic frequencies. | Elyn Saks and her history of schizophrenia. | What has brain imaging shown us on the connection of madness and creativity. | Philosophers think what schizophrenics live. | James Fallon on the mental state of the criminal mind. | A CEO is 4 times more likely to be a sociopath. | Has the link to creativity changed the stereotypes of schizophrenia? | Most serial killers have had a past experiences that determine the present. | Can you recognize when your illness is in control and not you? | The medical model of understanding these illness. | "Singing in the Dark" a performance by Susan McKeown.

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Madness and Creativity: Is the Science There?

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The tortured artist; the mad scientist; the insane genius. Since antiquity, it has been observed—even romanticized—that the most ...

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Does Everybody Feel this Way, or Is It Just Me? On Living with Mental Illness

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Law professor Elyn Saks struggled for years with schizophrenia. But before she began treating it, she had believed that everybody ...