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Lange-Eichbauml found that, of a group he considered the outstanding geniuses in human history, almost a half had at some time suffered fronl psychosis
To give but a few examples: Sir Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday were psychotic by middle age, Oliver Cromwell and Abraham Lincoln had their spells of madness, as had William Pitt the Elder and Younger
Insanity might be linked to genius in corollary fashion, i.e. close blood relatives might show an elevated risk of psychosis
Summary
Lange-Eichbauml found that, of a group he considered the outstanding geniuses in human history, almost a half had at some time suffered fronl psychosis. Karlsson[2] showed, in a sample of 132 world-famous creative persons, that their lifetime risk of psychosis was consistently of the order of 25--40 per cent (philosophers having the highest rate). Various personality (MMPI)l,4 and projective (Rorschach)' test studies have purported to demonstrate a 'schizophrenic' personality structure in persons of creative genius, such as renowned American architects, painters and writers.
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