英文书 A First-Rate Madness 精装16开340页

图书标准信息

• 作者 NassirGhaemi 著
• 出版社 Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
• 出版时间 2011-08
• ISBN 9781594202957
• 定价 199.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 352页

【内容简介】

Aninvestigationintothesurprisinglydeepcorrelationbetweenmentalillnessandsuccessfulleadership,asseenthroughsomeofhistory'sgreatestpoliticians,generals,andbusinesspeople.
InAFirst-RateMadness,NassirGhaemi,whorunstheMoodDisordersProgramatTuftsUniversityMedicalCenter,drawsfromthecareersandpersonalplightsofsuchnotableleadersasLincoln,Churchill,Gandhi,MartinLutherKing,Jr.,JFK,andothersfromthepasttwocenturiestobuildanargumentatoncecontroversialandcompelling:theveryqualitiesthatmarkthosewithmooddisorders-realism,empathy,resilience,andcreativity-alsomakeforthebestleadersintimesofcrisis.Bycombiningastuteanalysisofthehistoricalevidencewiththelatestpsychiatricresearch,Ghaemidemonstrateshowthesequalitieshaveproducedbrilliantleadershipunderthetoughestcircumstances.
Takerealism,forinstance:studyafterstudyhasshownthatthosesufferingdepressionarebetterthan"normal"peopleatassessingcurrentthreatsandpredictingfutureoutcomes.LookingatLincolnandChurchillamongothers,Ghaemishowshowdepressiverealismhelpedthesementacklechallengesbothpersonalandnational.Orconsidercreativity,aqualitypsychiatristshavestudiedextensivelyinrelationtobipolardisorder.AFirst-RateMadnessshowshowmaniainspiredGeneralShermanandTedTurnertodesignandexecutetheirmostcreative-andsuccessful-strategies.
Ghaemi'sthesisisbothrobustandexpansive;heevenexplainswhyeminentlysanemenlikeNevilleChamberlainandGeorgeW.Bushmadesuchpoorleaders.Thoughsanepeoplearebettershepherdsingoodtimes,sanitycanbeasevereliabilityinmomentsofcrisis.Alifetimewithoutthecyclicaltormentofmooddisorders,Ghaemiexplains,canleaveoneillequippedtoenduredirestraits.Healsoclarifieswhichkindsofinsanity-likepsychosis-makefordespotismandineptitude,sometimesonagrandscale.
Ghaemi'sbold,authoritativeanalysisofferspowerfulnewtoolsfordeterminingwhoshouldleadus.Butperhapsmostprofoundly,heencouragesustorethinkourviewofmentalillnessasapurelynegativephenomenon.AsAFirst-RateMadnessmakesclear,themostcommontypesofinsanitycanconfervitalbenefitsonindividualsandsocietyatlarge-howeverhighthepriceforthosewhoenduretheseillnesses.

【作者简介】

Nassir Ghaemi is a professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and the director of the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. He trained in psychiatry at, and also serves on the faculty of, Harvard Medical School, and has degrees in history (BA, George Mason University), philosophy (MA, Tufts), and public health (MPH, Harvard). He has published more than a hundred scientific articles and several books on psychiatry.