Shizophrenia and Creativity


	Shizophrenia and Creativity

abailart

10-10-2007 3:45 PM

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schizophreniia, mental health, creativity.

abailart says:

This is an informative and absorbing article. Today is World Mental Health Day, and I am disappointed there aren't a lot more items to mark it.

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10-10-2007 6:29 PM

pon52mk

i don't fel like that ,,,but i know how he feels,,,.

10-10-2007 8:03 PM

backipetrovac

somewhere I readed that there is thin line between shizophrenia and geniality

10-10-2007 9:44 PM

pon52mk

how true

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