Touched with Fire

By Creativity, Creativity and mental illness

Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament is a book by the American psychologist Kay Jamison Redfield examining the relationship betweenbipolar disorder and artistic creativity . It contains extensive case studies of historic writers, artists, and composers assessed as having suffered from Cyclothymia , Major Depressive Disorder , or Manic-Depressive / Bipolar Disorder . [1]

Prize

The book received the Lewis Thomas Prize June 5, 2013. [2]

See also

  • Creativity and bipolar disorder

Notes

  1. Jump up^ Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament: 1996 page 267
  2. Jump up^ Lewis Thomas Prize awarded to Redfield Kay JamieRockefeller.edu, visited October 27, 2013

References

  • Jamison, Kay Redfield (1993): Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, New York, The Free Press. ISBN  0-02-916030-8