First-Rate Madness Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness

Name: First-Rate Madness Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
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ISBN: 9781455125227

ISBN-10: 1455125229

ISBN-13: 9781455125227

Edition: 2011 (Unabridged)

Authors: Nassir Ghaemi, Sean Runnette

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In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, who runs the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts 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 at once controversial and compelling: 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 astute analysis of the historical evidence with the latest psychiatric research, Ghaemi demonstrates how these qualities have produced brilliant leadership under the toughest circumstances. Take realism, for…

Book details

List price: $76.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/15/2011
Binding: Compact Disc
Pages: 7
Size: 6.75" wide x 6.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

SEAN RUNNETTE is a multiple Earphones winner, including one for his narration of "The Curve of the World" (with Highbridge Audio). He has also directed and produced more than 200 audiobooks including several Audie(r) Award winners. He is an American Repertory Theater company member and has toured internationally with Mabou Mines. TV and film appearances include "Two if by Sea, Copland, Sex and the City, Law and Order, 3rd Watch" and lots and lots of commercials. When not behind the mike, he also produced audiobooks and other works.