A FIRST-RATE INSANITY: LEADERSHIP AND MENTAL ILLNESS

From The Living Church-

While sorting book donations to our theological library at the Community of St. Mary, I came across a recently published book with a strange title: A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness. I read a lot of strategic leadership books in my MBA days, so I wanted to see what the pop psychologists are saying.[1] Dr. Nassir Ghaemi would have us reevaluate what he considers our provincial thinking about mental illness and health. His motivation for suggesting this is to avoid the stigmatization of the mentally ill, just as we should with terms of racism, sexism, tribalism, etc. He contends that “we stigmatize those who differ from us.”[2]

The question arises, though: Is that a valid comparison? Is defining “mental illness” simply a matter of mental perspective and imagination?

More here-

http://livingchurch.org/covenant/2017/03/08/a-first-rate-insanity-leadership-and-mental-illness/