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S. Nassir Ghaemi MD MPH is Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts university School of Medicine, and Director of the Mood Disorders and Psychopharmacology Programs, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Fantastic book about the link between illnesses such as bipolar disorder and the ability to manage/rule/have power. The sections about JFK flabbergasted me, I had no idea about all the meds he was on. A real eye opener.
 
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kwskultety | 17 autres critiques | Jul 4, 2023 |
I loved the premise of the book, and Ghaemi, but he doesn't do the best job backing up his argument. My problem is that I felt he spent too much time linking the respective leaders with a mental/mood disorder and not enough time explaining how that disorder aided them in their leadership endeavors; in other words, concrete evidence is lacking. It isn't enough to just explain how [disorder] enforces [character trait].

The book is also a bit repetitive. I stopped reading after I finished the introduction to empathy, but I definitely intend to go back and read the section on "mentally healthy" leaders, which I expect to offer a change of pace.… (plus d'informations)
 
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Mackey_Attackey | 17 autres critiques | Oct 25, 2020 |
I found this a really interesting book to read post-Christmas (get the grey cells working while not overloading them). I wasn't familiar with some of the featured historic personages but even so I was able to follow the arguments. In a way that says it all.
 
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Damiella | 17 autres critiques | Aug 18, 2020 |
Highly interesting desk-top study of the various mental illnesses of a few great crisis-time leaders, how these illnesses improved the ability to lead during crises, and how treatments received helped or hindered. Useful discussion of the irrational stigma of mental vs physical illness.
 
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shum57 | 17 autres critiques | Jul 22, 2019 |

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