Diagnosing Churchill - Bipolar or "Prey to Nerves"?

The posthumous diagnosis of Winston Churchill as manic-depressive has been drawn entirely from biographical information, which, though significant to understanding his life and mind, has often been misused or misunderstood. This book investigates how such materials have been interpreted (and misinterpreted) in relation to Churchill's mental health, taking a particularly close look at his association with nerves or "neurasthenia." Included are appendices on Churchill's remedies for worry and mental overstrain and an investigation of his mental state after losing the 1945 general election.

Table des matières

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

¿1.¿Posthumous Psychiatric Diagnosticians: Characterizing Their Evidence

¿2.¿Inherited Mood Swings: Personality or Bipolar?

¿3.¿The Moods of Young Winston

¿4.¿Nerves

¿5.¿1906-1914: Ministerial Worries and Nerves

¿6.¿1915: Depression or Bereavement?

¿7.¿1917-1932: "Some Ups and Downs¿...¿"

¿8.¿Moods of a Wartime Prime Minister

¿9.¿Churchill's Mental Flaw as War Leader?

10.¿Diary Entry of Unimpeachable ­Medico-Biographical Authority?

Overview

Appendix 1: The "Gifted American Psychologist" and Churchill's Remedy for "Worry and Mental Overstrain"

Appendix 2: Churchill's State of Mind After Losing the 1945 General Election

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

A propos de l'auteur

Wilfred Attenborough is an independent scholar specializing in Churchill studies. He lives in England.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Wilfred Attenborough, Attenborough Wilfred
• Edition: Ingram Publishers Services
• Langues: Anglais
• Recommandation d'âge: à partir de 18 ans
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 06.05.2019
• EAN: 9781476675145
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7514-5
• Pages: 275
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Poids: 367 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; Biography: historical, political & military, President, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Political leaders & leadership, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Political leaders and leadership, Medical Diagnosis, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)