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In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, who runs the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts University Medical Center, draws from the careers and personal plights of such notable leaders as Lincoln, Churchill, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., JFK, and others from the past two centuries to build an argument that the very qualities that mark those with mood disorders- realism, empathy, resilience, and creativity-also make for the best leaders in times of crisis. By combining analysis of the historical evidence with the latest psychiatric research, Ghaemi demonstrates how he thinks these qualities have produced brilliant leadership under the toughest circumstances.individuals and society at large-however high the price for those who endure these illnesses.
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A First-Rate Madness, S. Nassir Ghaemi
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- 2011
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- Titul
- A First-Rate Madness
- Podtitul
- Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- S. Nassir Ghaemi
- Vydavateľ
- Penguin Press
- Rok vydania
- 2011
- Väzba
- pevná
- ISBN10
- 1594202958
- ISBN13
- 9781594202957
- Série
- Štítky
- Náučná literatúra, Spoločenské vedy, Historické téma, História, Skutočné príbehy, Životopisy, Politológia & Politika, Psychologická tematika, Psychológia, Politika, Veda, Duševné zdravie, Vedenie, Životopisy politikov
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- In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, who runs the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts University Medical Center, draws from the careers and personal plights of such notable leaders as Lincoln, Churchill, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., JFK, and others from the past two centuries to build an argument that the very qualities that mark those with mood disorders- realism, empathy, resilience, and creativity-also make for the best leaders in times of crisis. By combining analysis of the historical evidence with the latest psychiatric research, Ghaemi demonstrates how he thinks these qualities have produced brilliant leadership under the toughest circumstances.individuals and society at large-however high the price for those who endure these illnesses.