Is the creative person higher in spiritual sickness than others?

ByCharis Tsevis

schizophreniaYaBipolar disorderThe value showing the genetic risk that can be revealed was found to be related to creative ability such as art. This paper is published in Nature Neuroscience.

Polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder predict creativity: Nature Neuroscience: Nature Publishing Group
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nn.4040.html


Critics say that a new study linking creativity and mental illness is lacking | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/8/8746011/creativity-genetics-schizophrenia-bipolar-decode

Genetic risk of psychiatric illness linked to creativity | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/06/genetic-risk-of-psychiatric-illness-linked-to-creativity/

This result is based on the results of biopharmaceutical companies in IcelandDeCODE geneticsAnd the UKKings College LondonA research team such as I found out by analyzing the gene sample of 86,000 living in Iceland. In this study, about 1000 or more people in creative work such as visual artists, dancers, musicians, writers, actors, etc., the polygenic score showing the genetic risk of becoming schizophrenic or bipolar disorder is different for other work I found out that it was higher than people.

It is believed that psychologists have relationships between psychosis and creativity, and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has targeted about 1.2 million psychiatric patients and their relatives Even in the survey,Those who are active in creativity required fields are as likely to develop bipolar disorder as 8% higher, and in authors they increase by 121%I know that.

CNN.co.jp: "Dark side" of creativity Do depression and insanity create genius? - (1/3)
http://www.cnn.co.jp/career/35044129.html


However, according to The Verge, Roel Ophoff, a geneticist at the University of California, Los Angeles, says "It certainly has relevance, but it is very small". According to Ophoff, the reported correlation is small, indicating that the "predictive power" of the polygenic score is limited.

Together with previous studies, it can be said that "there is somewhere between creative and spiritual diseases", but in the world there is a creative work and a spiritual There are a lot of people who are not bothered by diseases, and at the same time some people suffer from mental side even if they do not do creative work. Whether "People who are likely to become a mental illness have creative talent" or "Will it become mentally unstable by continuing to demonstrate creative talents?" Further research results I also want to know.

BySandra Strait