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Presenting an account of mental illness in British prime ministers from Sir Robert Walpole, generally regarded as the first to hold the position, to Tony Blair, this book reveals how depression, anxiety, dementia, and alcohol or drug use disorders have impacted British leaders over three centuries. It begins with an introduction explaining the principles of diagnosis, the methods used to assess subjects and the assignment of confidence levels in each diagnosis, and the overall significance of mental disorder in political leaders. Individual assessments then follow for each of Britain's 51 prime ministers, revealing how evidence for psychiatric problems was found in over 70% of cases and how the prevalence of mental disorders remained relatively constant throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

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Author:   Jonathan Davidson, M.D.
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9780786448463

ISBN 10:   0786448466
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   29 December 2010
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction The Prime Ministers Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745) (1721–1745) Earl of Wilmington (1674–1743) (1742–1743) Henry Pelham (1694–1754) (1743–1754) Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768) (1754–1756; 1757–1762) William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720–1764) (1756–1757) John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792) (1762–1763) George Grenville (1712–1770) (1763–1765) Charles Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782) (1765–1766; 1782) William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham (1708–1778) (1766–1768) Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735–1811) (1768–1770) Lord North (1732–1792) (1770–1782) William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737–1805) (1782–1783) William Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809) (1783; 1807–1809) William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806) (1783–1801; 1804–1806) Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844) (1801–1804) William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (1759–1834) (1806–1807) Spencer Perceval (1762–1812) (1809–1812) Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828) (1812–1827) George Canning (1770–1827) (1827) Frederick Robinson, Viscount Goderich, Earl of Ripon (1782–1859) (1827–1828) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) (1828–1830; 1834) Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764–1825) (1830–1834) William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848) (1834; 1835–1841) Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850) (1834–1835; 1841–1846) Lord John Russell (1792–1878) (1846–1852; 1865–1866) Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869) (1852; 1858–1859; 1866–1868) George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860) (1852–1855) Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865) (1855–1858; 1859–1865) Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804–1881) (1868; 1874–1880) William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) (1868–1874; 1880–1885; 1886; 1892–1894) Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) (1885–1886; 1886–1892; 1895–1902) Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929) (1894–1895) Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930) (1902–1905) Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836–1908) (1905–1908) Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852–1928) (1908–1916) David Lloyd George, 1st Earl of Dwyfor (1863–1945) (1916–1922) Andrew Bonar Law (1858–1923) (1922–1923) Stanley Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1867–1947) (1923–1924; 1924–1929; 1935–1937) James Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937) (1924; 1929–1935) Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) (1937–1940) Sir Winston Churchill (1875–1965) (1940–1945; 1951–1955) Clement Attlee, 1st Earl of Prestwood (1883–1967) (1945–1951) Sir Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (1897–1977) (1955–1957) Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton (1894–1986) (1957–1963) Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel (1903–1995) (1963–1967) Harold Wilson, Lord Wilson of Rievaulx (1916–1995) (1964–1970; 1974–1976) Sir Edward Heath (1916–2005) (1970–1974) James Callaghan, Lord Callaghan of Cardiff (1912–2005) (1976–1979) Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven (1925–) (1979–1990) Sir John Major (1943–) (1990–1997) Anthony (Tony) Blair (1953–) (1997–2007) Conclusion Appendix: Tables of Psychiatric Issues, by Prime Minister Notes Bibliography Index

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Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center, Jonathan Davidson, M.D., is the author of several books and journal articles. He lives in Seabrook Island, South Carolina.

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