Archive | July 11, 2009

The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of) Success in America: John D. Gartner

More info…Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Diagnosing the psychiatric condition of dead historical figures is risky business, and in a largely unconvincing book, Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Gartner falls prey to the modern tendency to reduce an individuals actions to a psychiatric diagnosis. He argues that hypomaniaa mild form of maniadrove many of Americas most famous [...]

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