Editing Mood disorder (section)

== Research ==
[[Kay Redfield Jamison]] and others have explored the possible links between mood disorders – especially bipolar disorder – and [[creativity]]. It has been proposed that a "ruminating personality type may contribute to both [mood disorders] and art."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/10/07/creativity.depression/index.html |access-date=13 May 2010 |work=CNN |title=Experts ponder link between creativity, mood disorders |date=2 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327185226/http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/10/07/creativity.depression/index.html |archive-date=27 March 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Jane Collingwood notes an Oregon State University study that:<blockquote>looked at the occupational status of a large group of typical patients and found that 'those with bipolar illness appear to be disproportionately concentrated in the most creative occupational category.' They also found that the likelihood of 'engaging in creative activities on the job' is significantly higher for bipolar than nonbipolar workers.<ref>{{cite web |last=Collingwood |first=Jane |date=2010 |title=The Link Between Bipolar Disorder and Creativity |website=Psych Central |url=http://psychcentral.com/lib/2010/the-link-between-bipolar-disorder-and-creativity/ |access-date=19 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022082308/http://psychcentral.com/lib/2010/the-link-between-bipolar-disorder-and-creativity/ |archive-date=22 October 2011}}</ref></blockquote>In Liz Paterek's article "Bipolar Disorder and the Creative Mind" she wrote:<blockquote>Memory and creativity are related to mania. Clinical studies have shown that those in a manic state will rhyme, find synonyms, and use [[alliteration]] more than controls. This mental fluidity could contribute to an increase in creativity. Moreover, mania creates increases in productivity and energy. Those in a manic state are more emotionally sensitive and show less inhibition about attitudes, which could create greater expression. Studies performed at Harvard looked into the amount of original thinking in solving creative tasks. Bipolar individuals, whose disorder was not severe, tended to show greater degrees of creativity.<ref>{{cite web |last=Paterek |first=Liz |title=Bipolar Disorder and the Creative Mind |website=Serendip |date=2006 |url=https://serendipstudio.org/bb/neuro/neuro06/web2/lpaterek.html}}</ref></blockquote>The relationship between depression and creativity appears to be especially strong among [[poet]]s.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Kaufman | first = JC | title = The Sylvia Plath effect: Mental illness in eminent creative writers | journal = Journal of Creative Behavior | volume = 35 | issue = 1 | pages = 37–50 | year = 2001 | url = http://creativeeducation.metapress.com/content/p1t4563378366t55/fulltext.pdf | issn = 0022-0175 | doi = 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2001.tb01220.x | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120302025608/http://creativeeducation.metapress.com/content/p1t4563378366t55/fulltext.pdf | archive-date = 2 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Bailey | first = DS | title = Considering Creativity: The 'Sylvia Plath' effect | journal = Monitor on Psychology | volume = 34 | issue = 10 | pages = 42 | year = 2003 | url = http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov03/plath.html | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081020181540/http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov03/plath.html | archive-date = 20 October 2008}}</ref>