Sylvia Plath effect is the phenomen on that poets are more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers. Although many studies have demonstrated that creative writers are prone to suffer from mental illness, this relationship has not been examined in depth. This early finding has been dubbed *"the Sylvia Plath effect"* , and implications and possibilities for future research are discussed. Kaufman's work further demonstrated that female poets were more likely to suffer from mental illness than any other class of writers. In addition, *female poets* were more likely to be mentally ill than *other eminent* women, such as politicians, actresses, and artists. The effect is named after Sylvia Plath, who committed đsuicideđ at the age of 30. On February 11, 1963, Plath was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in her kitchen after putting her head in the oven.
