Hubris syndrome: An acquired personality disorder A study of US Presidents and UK Prime Ministers over the last 100 years

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1396-1406

  Owen, David ^a   Davidson, Jonathan ^b  

^a HOUSE OF LORDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GOVERNMENT; HUBRIS SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NARCISSISM; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66549108474     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp008     Document Type: Review

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