"My therapist gives me permission to accept that I'm human." Actor Claire Danes also explained, "I finally realized after years of therapy.. that you can encourage yourself to move further in a nurturing way." Taking care to "encourage yourself to move further" is, of course, something that people typically choose to manage on their own, but a counselor or therapist can help us do it more fully and effectively.

New research on individuals with schizotypal personalities – people characterized by odd behavior and language but who are not psychotic or schizophrenic – offers the first neurological evidence that they are more creative than either normal or fully schizophrenic individuals, and rely more heavily on the right sides of their brains than the general population to access their creativity.

A brief, historical review of the alleged association between creativity and madness is followed by highlights from recent research in psychiatry and clinical psychology that address this relationship. The precise nature of this link is explored from the perspectives of several disciplines, and implications for the creative process in gifted education are discussed.

There is evidence to support two contrasting views about the psychological well-being of gifted children; that giftedness enhances resiliency in individuals and that giftedness increases vulnerability. There is empirical and theoretical evidence to support both views.

Emotional Freedom Techniques / EFT is based on a new discovery that has provided thousands with relief from pain, diseases and emotional issues. Simply stated, it is an emotional version of acupuncture except needles aren't necessary.

That horror [in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest"] taps into a primal fear: having our mind - particularly any exceptional talents and creative abilities - compromised or taken away because of some medical intervention. Even if - unlike in the movie - it is supposed to help us.

In her article Creativity, the Arts, and Madness, Maureen Neihart, Psy.D. writes, “It appears that the potential for creativity is enhanced by the cognitive changes that occur within some mental states." Law professor Elyn Saks, John Forbes Nash, Jr., and writer Philip K. Dick all likely suffered from schizophrenia.

A respected scholar and USC law professor reveals her journey through the horrors and demons of mental illness. She has schizophrenia.

By Stephen Sherrill [NY Times] -- "We all know that movie stars, professional athletes, rich people and politicians often act like complete jackasses, but Robert B. Millman, professor of psychiatry at Cornell Medical School and the medical adviser to Major League Baseball, thinks he knows why."

There are many ways people slow down and the chronic use of speed is one of them. People slow down when they can’t sleep anymore, one of the first side-effects of chronic use of speed, along with increased irritability, emotional instability, a delusional feeling of invincibility and equally the flat emotional ‘deadness’ of dysphoria, panic attacks and eventually paranoia.