Everyone knows you have to be a little bit crazy to be a great artist, right? …right?
Mental illness, suicide and creativity: 40-Year prospective total population study (Kyaga et al, 2013) - https://scottbarrykaufman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Kyaga-et-al.-2012.pdf
https://aeon.co/essays/is-there-any-evidence-linking-creativity-and-mood-disorders
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InsufferableGenius
Mental Illness Statistics from the NIH - https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/mental-illness.shtml
“The Madness of Sir Isaac Newton,” by Marina Jones - https://futurism.com/the-madness-of-sir-isaac-newton/
“11 Historical Geniuses and Their Possible Mental Disorders,” by Kathy Benjamin - http://mentalfloss.com/article/12500/11-historical-geniuses-and-their-possible-mental-disorders
Wikipedia entry on creativity and mental illness - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity_and_mental_illness
“Creativity and Mental Illness,” by Arline Kaplan - https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ea44/ec47e5cf19434565d87ef1517a45db1a3f57.pdf
“What Neuroscience Has To Say About The Tortured Genius,” by Sarah Klein - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/02/creativity-mental-illness-health_n_5695887.html