The extremes of the bell curve
Subtitle: excellent and poor school performance and risk for severe mental disorders
By: James Hunter MacCabe
Publisher: Routledge; Psychology Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781848720459
Description: It has long been claimed that there is a strong association between high-intelligence, or exceptional creativity, and mental illness. In this book, James MacCabe investigates this claim, using evidence from Swedish population data. He finds evidence that children who achieve either exceptionally high, or very low grades at school, are at greater risk adult mental health disores.

This book opens with an introduction to the epidemiology of psychosis with particular emphasis on cognitive performance and creativity. It goes on to provide a detailed description of the rationale, methods and population study involving nearly a million individuals conducted by Dr MacCabe in collaboration with colleagues in Stockholm, Sweden, and London, UK.

The Extremes of Bell Curve be of interest to mental health professionals including psychologists, psychiatrists and epidemiologists. It will also prove useful to those working in education. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.