BBC Article on the Causes of Michael Jackson's Mental Issues Accelerated mental development, for example, slows down social and mental growth and the result can be a lop-sided and maladjusted individual.
Sigh. It has been shown that the opposite is (generally) true, particularly in the mathematically gifted, as shown in the below article:
http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10017.aspxProfiles of the two SMPY groups show them to be well adjusted and interpersonally effective. The generally high scores of the SMPY group members, compared with those of the random eighth-grade sample, indicate that the gifted radical accelerants and nonaccelerants are mature, academically advanced, and interpersonally effective.
