Doug Henwood wrote:
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> Arash wrote:
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> >This is a bit peripheral to the discussion but I don't think there is a
> >large correlation between intelligence and bipolar disorder.
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> A psychologist friend of mine did some research in the 1980s showing
> that people of higher socioeconomic status were more likely to be
> diagnosed as bipolar, and those of lower SES with similar symptoms,
> as schizophrenic.
>
Doug is correct here I believe. I do believe, however, that there is a faint correlation between bipolar and creativity. If I remember correctly, it goes like this. The proportion of creative people among bipolar patients is NO higher than among the whole population, but there is a higher proportion of bipolar patients among creative people than among the population as a whole. Just what this means I do not know.
Also, bipolar disorder is the _only_ mental illness in which a genetic factor has been detected. That does NOT (Repeat, NOT) mean it is "inherited" or "genetic." Probably Miles could word this more precisely than I can.
Carrol