The role of bipolar disorder and family wealth in choosing creative occupations.
Bipolar disorder
Creativity
Mental health
Occupational choice
Parental wealth
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 May 2024
10 May 2024
Historique:
received:
05
07
2023
accepted:
03
05
2024
medline:
11
5
2024
pubmed:
11
5
2024
entrez:
10
5
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Research in psychology and medicine has linked mental health disorders, and particularly bipolar disorder (BD), to employment in creative professions. Little is known, however, about the mechanisms for this link, which could be due to biology (primarily through a person's genes) or environmental (through socioeconomic status). Using administrative data on mental health diagnoses and occupations for the population of Denmark, we find that people with BD are more likely to be musicians than the population, but less likely to hold other creative jobs. Yet, we also show that healthy siblings of people with BD are significantly more likely to work in creative professions. Notably, people from wealthy families are consistently more likely to work in creative professions, and access to family wealth amplifies the likelihood that siblings of people with BD pursue creative occupations. Nevertheless, family wealth explains only a small share of the correlation between BD and creative employment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38730233
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-61320-y
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-61320-y
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
10703Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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