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Are creative people more likely to be mentally ill? This basic question has been debated for thousands of years, with the 'mad genius' concept advanced by such luminaries as Aristotle. There are many studies that argue the answer is 'yes', and several prominent scholars who argue strongly for a connection. There are also those who argue equally strongly that the core studies and scholarship underlying the mad genius myth are fundamentally flawed. This book re-examines the common view that a high level of individual creativity often correlates with a heightened risk of mental illness. It reverses conventional wisdom that links creativity with mental illness, arguing that the two traits are not associated. With contributions from some of the most exciting voices in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, physics, psychiatry, and management, this is a dynamic and cutting-edge volume that will inspire new ideas and studies on this fascinating topic.

Creative ability. --- Genius and mental illness. --- Genius and insanity --- Insanity and genius --- Mental illness and genius --- Mental illness --- Creativeness --- Creativity --- Ability --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)

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This fascinating collection identifies famous figures from the past whose behaviour suggests they may have had autism, a disorder that was not defined until the mid-20th century. James looks at the lives of 20 individuals - scientists, artists, politicians and philosophers - examining their interests, successes, indifferences and shortcomings.

Asperger's syndrome --- Asperger's syndrome. --- Autistic people --- Creative ability --- Genius and mental illness. --- Genius and insanity --- Insanity and genius --- Mental illness and genius --- Mental illness --- Creativeness --- Creativity --- Ability --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- AS (Psychiatry) --- Asperger syndrome --- Asperger's disorder --- Autistic psychopathy --- High-functioning autism --- Psychopathy, Autistic --- Autism spectrum disorders --- Syndromes --- Patients --- Psychological aspects.

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The problem of madness has preoccupied Russian thinkers since the beginning of Russia?s troubled history and has been dealt with repeatedly in literature, art, film, and opera, as well as medical, political, and philosophical essays. Madness has been treated not only as a medical or psychological matter, but also as a metaphysical one, encompassing problems of suffering, imagination, history, sex, social and world order, evil, retribution, death, and the afterlife.Madness and the Mad in Russian Culture represents a joint effort by American, British, and Russian scholars ? historians, literary scholars, sociologists, cultural theorists, and philosophers ? to understand the rich history of madness in the political, literary, and cultural spheres of Russia. Editors Angela Brintlinger and Ilya Vinitsky have brought together essays that cover over 250 years and address a wide variety of ideas related to madness ? from the involvement of state and social structures in questions of mental health, to the attitudes of major Russian authors and cultural figures towards insanity and how those attitudes both shape and are shaped by the history, culture, and politics of Russia.

Mental illness --- Mental illness in literature. --- Literature and mental illness --- Psychiatry --- Genius and mental illness --- Mentally ill --- Maladies mentales --- Maladies mentales dans la littérature. --- Littérature et maladies mentales --- Psychiatrie --- Génie et maladies mentales --- Malades mentaux --- Madness --- Mental diseases --- Mental disorders --- Disabilities --- Psychology, Pathological --- Mental health --- Insanity in literature --- Psychopathology in literature --- Authors, Insane --- Mental illness and literature --- Poets, Insane --- Medicine and psychology --- Genius and insanity --- Insanity and genius --- Mental illness and genius --- Insane --- Mental patients --- Mentally disordered --- Sick --- People with mental disabilities --- History. --- Histoire. --- Patients --- Russia (Federation) --- Civilization. --- Maladies mentales dans la litterature. --- Litterature et maladies mentales --- Genie et maladies mentales

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Artists with mental disabilities --- Art brut --- Genius and mental illness --- Art --- Mental Disorders --- Humanities --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Visual Arts - General --- Visual Arts --- Art, Architecture & Applied Arts --- Arts --- Genius and insanity --- Insanity and genius --- Mental illness and genius --- Mental illness --- Brut, Art --- Psychiatric art --- Psychotic art --- Raw art --- Artists, Mentally handicapped --- Mentally handicapped artists --- Artists with disabilities --- People with mental disabilities --- Behavior Disorders --- Diagnosis, Psychiatric --- Mental Disorders, Severe --- Psychiatric Diagnosis --- Mental Illness --- Psychiatric Diseases --- Psychiatric Disorders --- Psychiatric Illness --- Illness, Mental --- Mental Disorder --- Mental Disorder, Severe --- Mental Illnesses --- Psychiatric Disease --- Psychiatric Disorder --- Psychiatric Illnesses --- Severe Mental Disorder --- Severe Mental Disorders --- Mentally Ill Persons --- Wölfli, Adolf, --- Psychology --- Factors, Psychological --- Psychological Factors --- Psychological Side Effects --- Psychologists --- Psychosocial Factors --- Side Effects, Psychological --- Factor, Psychological --- Factor, Psychosocial --- Factors, Psychosocial --- Psychological Factor --- Psychological Side Effect --- Psychologist --- Psychosocial Factor --- Side Effect, Psychological --- Wölfli, Adolf, --- Woelfli, Adolf, --- Wölfli, Adolph,