Can you think of a comedian, actor, poet or writer who suffered from mental illness? Maybe the actor Robin Williams or comedian Stephen Fry came to your mind. Perhaps it was the writer Virginia Woolf. All three have had well-documented ...
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In the U.S., anxiety disorders affect about one-third of the population. So it's no surprise that a good number of artists and writers also suffer from anxiety and depression.
Sep 15, 2023
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Imagine you, or someone you know, is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. One drug is prescribed, but you have heard another drug is better. What are your next steps? Do you seek evidence? And if so, what type of evidence would ...
Aug 31, 2023
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Creative people are more likely to make the most of their downtime during a typical day by exploring their mind, a new study by University of Arizona researchers suggests.
Jul 6, 2023
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Even people who tend to think conventionally, such as accountants or insurance adjusters, can be creative, a recent study suggests, if they can look at emotional situations in a different light.
Nov 22, 2022
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The unemployment rate in Australia for autistic people is 34.1%, according to the most recent data. This is more than three times the rate for people with disability (10.3%) and almost eight times the rate of people without ...
Sep 14, 2022
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The compound in psychedelic mushrooms helped heavy drinkers cut back or quit entirely in the most rigorous test of psilocybin for alcoholism.
Aug 27, 2022
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A new study led by UCLA Health scientists shows highly creative people's brains appear to work differently from others', with an atypical approach that makes distant connections more quickly by bypassing the "hubs" seen in ...
Mar 28, 2022
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Researchers have developed a new method for training people to be creative, one that shows promise of succeeding far better than current ways of sparking innovation.
Mar 14, 2022
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Parents who want their kids to be more creative may be tempted to enroll them in arts classes or splurge on STEM-themed toys. Those things certainly can help, but as a professor of educational psychology who has written extensively ...
Oct 22, 2021
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