# Will modern psychiatric drugs "cure" artistic genius?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 27, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-modern-psychiatric-drugs-cure-artistic-genius/604284 "2011-11-27T23:22:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-modern-psychiatric-drugs-cure-artistic-genius/604284/41 "2011-11-29T20:13:59Z")

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I seem to recall Sigmund Freud refusing to treat Mahler, for precisely the reasons the OP described. So there is at least (historical) precedence for such a viewpoint, though I don’t know if that holds up in modern day psychiatry.

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