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Does musical genius correlate to mental disorder?

Asked by Greenbird89 (12points) September 8th, 2011

I’m trying to narrow down the topic of my history of psychology paper and so far, I have two sources and a vague idea of how I can approach this topic. I’d like to focus on certain musicians of the 20th century (like Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Janis Joplin) and how they lived fast lifestyles, relied heavily on illicit drugs, died young, and whether or not they showed any clinical signs of mental illness. Is there any literature available on this subject?

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