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Kay Jamison also
conducted a study in order to see the connection
between madness and creativity. Her study included 47 important British
writers and artists. 87% were male with the average age of
53, 38% had been treated for affective illness. Writers were found to have more
psychiatric problems and poets with the most. Half of the poets received treatment
for depression, as did 2/3 of playwrights, and 20% of biographers. One third of the 47 had severe mood
swings and 17% of poets were treated for mania (Jamison).
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