A First-Rate Madness

Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness

Nassir Ghaemi

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English

Penguin
19 September 2012

Psychology; Abnormal psychology; Political leaders & leadership; Management: leadership & motivation

The New York Timesbestseller

""A glistening psychological history, faceted largely by the biographies of eight famous leaders . . ."" -The Boston Globe

""A provocative thesis . . . Ghaemi's book deserves high marks for original thinking.""-The Washington Post

""Provocative, fascinating."" -Salon.com

Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike- Napoleon, Lincoln, Churchill, Hitler, and others. In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, director of the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center, offers a myth-shattering exploration of the powerful connections between mental illness and leadership and sets forth a controversial, compelling thesis- The very qualities that mark those with mood disorders also make for the best leaders in times of crisis. From the importance of Lincoln's ""depressive realism"" to the lackluster leadership of exceedingly sane men as Neville Chamberlain, A First-Rate Madnessoverturns many of our most cherished perceptions about greatness and the mind.

By: Nassir Ghaemi
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 212mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 335g
ISBN: 9780143121336
ISBN 10: 0143121332
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 19 September 2012
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., is a professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and director of the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. He has published more than a hundred scientific articles and several books on psychiatry.

Reviews for A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness

Ghaemi isn't the first to claim that madness is a close relative of genius, or even the first to extend the idea into politics. But he does go further than others...His explanations are elegant, too - intuitively accurate and banked off the latest psychiatric research. * Newsweek * A First-Rate Madness is a sophisticated work of psychology, but it is also a gossipy work of celebrity history, a who's who of the eminently unhinged. * The New York Observer *