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A first-rate madness : uncovering the links between leadership and mental illness / Nassir Ghaemi.

By: Ghaemi, S. Nassir.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 340 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780143121336; 0143121332.Subject(s): Depressed persons -- Psychology | Depression, Mental | Leadership -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 303.3/4019
Contents:
Introduction : The inverse law of sanity -- pt. 1. Creativity -- Make them fear and dread us : Sherman -- Work like hell--and advertise : Turner -- pt. 2. Realism -- Heads I win, tails it's chance -- Out of the wilderness : Churchill -- Both read the same Bible : Lincoln -- pt. 3. Empathy -- Mirror neuron on the wall -- The woes of Mahatmas : Gandhi -- Psychiatry for the American soul : King -- pt. 4. Resilience -- Stronger -- A first-rate temperament : Roosevelt -- Sickness in Camelot : Kennedy -- pt. 5. Treatment -- A spectacular psychochemical succcess : Kennedy revisited -- Hitler amok -- pt. 6. Mental Health -- Homoclite leaders : Bush, Blair, Nixon, and others -- Stigma and politics -- Epilogue.
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 303.34 G341 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003492642

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : The inverse law of sanity -- pt. 1. Creativity -- Make them fear and dread us : Sherman -- Work like hell--and advertise : Turner -- pt. 2. Realism -- Heads I win, tails it's chance -- Out of the wilderness : Churchill -- Both read the same Bible : Lincoln -- pt. 3. Empathy -- Mirror neuron on the wall -- The woes of Mahatmas : Gandhi -- Psychiatry for the American soul : King -- pt. 4. Resilience -- Stronger -- A first-rate temperament : Roosevelt -- Sickness in Camelot : Kennedy -- pt. 5. Treatment -- A spectacular psychochemical succcess : Kennedy revisited -- Hitler amok -- pt. 6. Mental Health -- Homoclite leaders : Bush, Blair, Nixon, and others -- Stigma and politics -- Epilogue.

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