In Sickness and in Power: Illnesses in Heads of Government During the Last 100 YearsBloomsbury Academic, 30 may 2008 - 420 páginas The course of modern world history has been critically shaped by the physical and mental illnesses of heads of state, sometimes in the public eye but usually in secrecy. Democratic politicians as diverse as Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Churchill, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Pompidou, Mitterrand, Blair, George W. Bush, Chirac, and Sharon all lied about their health. Between 1906 and 2008 seven Presidents are judged to have been mentally ill while in office: Theodore Roosevelt (bipolar disorder), Taft (breathing-related sleep disorder), Wilson (major depressive disorder), Coolidge (major depressive disorder), Hoover (major depressive disorder), Johnson (bipolar disorder), and Nixon (alcohol abuse). Many despots-such as Hitler, Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, and Robert Mugabe-have been branded by the press and public opinion as suffering mental illnesses. Lord Owen argues neither Hitler nor Stalin were mad in any sense the medical profession recognizes (whereas Mussolini and Mao had depression, possibly bipolar disorder). |
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... claimed Deschanel had taken 50 centigrams of a hypnotic drug , Trional . It is also claimed , perhaps somewhat improbably , that on another occasion Deschanel received the British ambassador , the Earl of Derby , stark naked except for ...
... claimed , Kennedy was very concerned about Jackie's condition following the delivery of their last child and her subsequent chronic depression and headaches . The President , knowing that Jacobson was treating her , wanted to ask ...
... claimed to have seen Kennedy frequently during the Cuban missile crisis , implying that he did so when the President flew out of Washington to New York and Chicago . We also know that Kraus spoke trenchantly to Kennedy in December 1962 ...
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