The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (a Little) Craziness and (a Lot of) Success in America

A clinical psychologist explores the American pervasiveness of hypomania, a genetically based, mild form of mania that endows certain people with high energy, creativity, and a propensity for risk-taking, in a study that identifies historical figures whose achievements may have been enabled by the condition. 40,000 first printing.