a first rate madness book review by Nassir Ghaemi

An investigation into the surprisingly deep correlation between mental illness and successful leadership, as seen through the lives of some of the most important political figures in history

A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness - In A First-Fee Insanity, Nassir Ghaemi, director of the Temper Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center, affords a fable-shattering exploration of the highly effective connections between mood sicknesses (melancholy and bipolar dysfunction) and leadership. He sets forth a controversial, compelling thesis: the very qualities that mark those with mood issues-creativity, resilience, empathy, and realism-also make for the most effective leaders in instances of crisis. From the significance of the “depressive realism” and creativity of mentally unwell or mentally irregular figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr., to the lackluster leadership of “mentally regular” males such as Neville Chamberlain, George W. Bush, and Tony Blair, A First-Charge Insanity overturns many of our most cherished perceptions about greatness and the thoughts and offers a novel perception for understanding our present political leaders and presidential candidates going into the following election season.

A First-Price Insanity contains profiles of Tony Blair, George W. Bush, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Richard Nixon, Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Tecumseh Sherman, Ted Turner, among other well-known leaders.tufts medical center

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