Psychotechnics of the Creative Process

Abstract

Under the section of “Pages from the History of Psychology”, we present Chapter 7 from the book “Creativity of the Mentally Ill and Its Influence on the Development of Science, Art, and Technology” (1926) written by the renowned Soviet psychiatrist and psychologist Pavel Ivanovich Karpov (1873–1932). Through years of research, P.I. Karpov amassed an extensive collection of poems, drawings, handicrafts, and other works created by individuals with mental illnesses. The book based on the materials from this collection remains relevant to this day as it sheds light on the connection between a person’s mental state and their creative output.