Cognitive Disinhibition, Creativity, and Psychopathology

Shelley Carson

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This chapter addresses two debates in the field creativity and genius. The first debate concerns the relationship between creativity and psychopathology (the so-called “mad genius” debate). I review the research linking creativity with three broad areas of psychopathology: mood disorders, schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, and alcohol-abuse disorders. I conclude that, based on both anecdotal and empirical evidence, highly creative people have a somewhat greater risk for these specific types of psychopathology than members of the general public. The second debate concerns whether there is a qualitative difference between creative genius (Big C creativity) and everyday creativity (little c). I present evidence from a “shared vulnerability” model of creativity and psychopathology that suggests the interaction of cognitive disinhibition (a trait that many highly creative individuals share with psychotic and psychosis-prone persons) and high IQ may constitute a qualitative difference between typical and exceptional levels of creative ability.

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