Are people with Bipolar more creative?
I think so?
Published on Oct 28, 2015
Van
Gogh, Beethoven and Edgar Allan Poe were luminaries in their respective
fields of art, music and poetry. Their passion for their art forms
kindled a creative fire of productivity that affects humanity centuries
later. Yet, all of them, like many other creative artists, poets and
musicians, suffered from depression or bipolar disorder. In this age of
advancement in the neurosciences we have been empowered to explore the
age old question that this pardox presents: Is "madness" a part and
parcel of "creative genius?" In this seminar we will explore the links
between mood disorders and profound creativity. We will go below the
surface-level historical links and epidemiological associations and
explore the neurobiology of mood disorders and that of creativity to
come to an empirically-based answer. In doing so, this seminar will
examine the junctions between art, medicine, neuroscience and ethics,
and attempt to uncover the secrets of what moves us emotionally as
humans.
Dr. Mohammad Alsuwaidan directs the psychiatry specialty clinic at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital in Kuwait. He is an assistant professor of psychiatry at both Kuwait University and the University of Toronto. He is the Program Director for the Kuwait Board of Psychiatry Residency Training Program. He previously served as Founding Head of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, Inaugural Director of Education and Interim Chief of Psychiatry at the Kuwait Center for Mental Health.
Dr. Alsuwaidan completed his psychiatry residency, mood & anxiety disorders fellowship and medical education fellowship at the University of Toronto. He also trained in mood disorders at the Stanford University bipolar clinic and the Tufts Medical Center mood disorders clinic. He completed a Masters of Public Health (MPH) at Johns Hopkins University. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is certified in public health (CPH) by the National Board of Public Health Examiners.
For more information please visit www.MohammadAlsuwaidan.com
Dr. Mohammad Alsuwaidan directs the psychiatry specialty clinic at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital in Kuwait. He is an assistant professor of psychiatry at both Kuwait University and the University of Toronto. He is the Program Director for the Kuwait Board of Psychiatry Residency Training Program. He previously served as Founding Head of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, Inaugural Director of Education and Interim Chief of Psychiatry at the Kuwait Center for Mental Health.
Dr. Alsuwaidan completed his psychiatry residency, mood & anxiety disorders fellowship and medical education fellowship at the University of Toronto. He also trained in mood disorders at the Stanford University bipolar clinic and the Tufts Medical Center mood disorders clinic. He completed a Masters of Public Health (MPH) at Johns Hopkins University. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is certified in public health (CPH) by the National Board of Public Health Examiners.
For more information please visit www.MohammadAlsuwaidan.com
Here is an interesting site of talented bipolar paintings
