Public Radio International's "Studio 360" looks at Los Angeles Dr. Barry Panter's "Creativity and Madness" seminars, which discusses some of history's greatest minds in music and the arts -- and how their own experiences with mental illness may have been a factor in their creative genius.
Interviewed for the segment is Psychologist and Author Kay Redfield Jamison, who suffers from bipolar disorder and published a book on the subject in 1993 called "Touched by Fire," as well as an autobiography titled, "An Unquiet Mind." Jamison was also honored at NARSAD's 2007 Los Angeles gala event for her contributions to raising awareness of mental illness.
For more information about artistic expression as a healing therapy, visit our organizational partner, NARSAD Artworks. Through Artworks, many gifted artists who suffer from psychiatric disorders are allowed an open forum to express themselves, while raising their self-esteem and income.
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