title: [Neuropsychiatry and creativity: "Starry night" of Van Gogh].
abstract: The life of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) has been studied thoroughly by humanists and scientists alike. His biography is an archetype of the relationship between creativity and disease. In 1956, Henri Gastaut defined his diagnosis as temporal lobe epilepsy. The artist was known for an eccentric personality and unpredictable mood, with recurrent psychotic bouts through the last two years of his life. Several authors have considered the possibility that van Gogh also suffered from bipolar affective disorder. We conducted a biographical and epistolary review with the objective of analyzing the complexity of his disease and the effects it had on his art, which ultimately placed him as one of the greatest geniuses in art.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio Clínico de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, México, D.F.
authors.forename: Rodolfo Arturo
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Abundes-Corona
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio Clínico de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, México, D.F.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Corona Vázquez
mesh_terms: D003405:Creativity; D049672:History, 19th Century; D009426:Netherlands; D058027:Neuropsychiatry; D010151:Paintings