Donald Trump, Kanye West, and the diagnosis of Bipolar Disease

Given your interest in Creativity:

Did you see the entire Kanye West soliloquy in the Oval Office with Trump and Jim Brown? I am using that clip in my Talent & Creativity class when we discuss "Creativity & Psychopathology." In Psychiatry, the formal terms that apply are "flight of ideas," "pressured speech," "delusions of grandeur," and "clang associations." A truly great example of Hypomania. There's an interesting book on hypomania and success in America today. xxx

Mark Jude Tramo, MD PhD

Dept of Integrative Biology & Physiology, UCLA School of Letters & Science

Dept of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Dept of Musicology, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Director, The Institute for Music & Brain Science Co-Director, University of California Multi-Campus Music Research Initiative (UC MERCI) http://www.BrainMusic.org http://merc i.ucsd.edu