A first-rate madness uncovering the links between leadership and mental illness
An investigation into the surprisingly deep correlation between mental illness and successful leadership, as seen through some of history's greatest politicians, generals, and businesspeople. "A First-Rate Madness," Nassir Ghaemi, who runs the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts University Medical Cente...
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Penguin Press,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- The inverse law of sanity
- Creativity. Make them fear and dread us: Sherman ; Work like hell and advertise: Turner
- Realism. Heads I win, tails it's chance ; Out of the wilderness: Churchill ; Both read the same Bible: Lincoln
- Empathy. Mirror neuron on the wall ; The woes of Mahatmas: Gandhi ; Psychiatry for the American soul: King
- Resilience. Stronger ; A first-rate temperament: Roosevelt ; Sickness in Camelot: Kennedy
- Treatment. A spectacular psychochemical succcess: Kennedy revisited ; Hitler amok
- Mental Health. Homoclite leaders: Bush, Blair, Nixon, and others ; Stigma and politics.
