This guide to statistics for busy mental health professionals describes and applies concepts without mathematics, and includes examples from standard clinical practice. Fully revised and updated in a new edition and covering observational bias, randomization, clinical trials, the overuse of p-values, understanding effect sizes, meta-analysis.
S. Nassir Ghaemi Book order (chronological)
Nassir Ghaemi delves into the complex terrain of mood disorders, focusing on depression and bipolar illness. His work uniquely bridges psychiatric expertise with philosophical inquiry and public health perspectives, aiming to illuminate the intricate nature of these conditions. With a substantial academic background and prolific publication record, Ghaemi offers readers profound insights into the human psyche and mental health challenges. His approach emphasizes the interconnectedness of clinical practice with deeper philosophical and societal contexts, providing a distinctive lens through which to understand these profound issues.
A First-Rate Madness
Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, who runs the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts University 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 that 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 analysis of the historical evidence with the latest psychiatric research, Ghaemi demonstrates how he thinks these qualities have produced brilliant leadership under the toughest circumstances.individuals and society at large-however high the price for those who endure these illnesses.