This is the first in a series of articles focusing on creativity and mental health. It concerns itself with schools of thought relating creativity to maladjustment pointing out that seemingly apparent similarities between some creative people and the mentally ill are superficial and unfounded. (Editor/RK)

The article presents an overview of adjustment and creativity focusing on specific personality characteristics (including conformity, introversion, self esteem, depression, anxiety, confidence, persistence, and self discipline) to determine the relationship between maladjustment and creativity. (CL)

Attempts to distinguish between two major categories of creativity and draws from the fields of music and art for examples showing how these two types merge compatibly to produce a tangible outcome. (Author/RK)

Article examined the concept of balance and its place in the creative process. (RK)

Describes the Creative Studies Project, which proposes to increase the degree to which American education cultivates creative potential in our society. (Author/DR)