TY - JOUR T1 - Creativity and intelligence quotient in bipolar disorder patients and their offspring: a case-control study TT - مقایسه بهره هوشی و خلاقیت در افراد مبتلا به اختلال دو قطبی و فرزندان آن ها با گروه کنترل JF - J-Mazand-Univ-Med-Sci JO - J-Mazand-Univ-Med-Sci VL - 20 IS - 76 UR - http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-613-en.html Y1 - 2010 SP - 55 EP - 60 KW - Bipolar disorder KW - creativity KW - intelligence quotient N2 - Background and purpose: There are several studies that hypothesize presence of a connection between psychopathological status and creativity. Ïn this study we compare the creativity and intelligence quotient in bipolar parents and their offspring (all euthymic) with healthy control group and their offspring. Materials and methods: Twenty patients with bipolar disorder and twenty of their offspring (all euthymic) matched for sex, age, socioeconomic and educational levels together with twenty normal control subjects and twenty of their offspring were recruited. Âll participants completed creativity randsyp questionnaire (an objective measure of creativity) and Wechsler adult intelligence scale test sheets. Mean scores on these instruments were compared across groups. Results: Bipolar parents showed significant decrease on Wechsler adult intelligence scale (p M3 ER -