Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder : creativity, novelty seeking and risk / Michael Fitzgerald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitzgerald, Michael, 1946 October 7-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Creative ability.

Temperament.

Risk-taking (Psychology).

Celebrities--Mental health.

Celebrities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is a great deal of information on the negative aspects of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder but very little on the positive aspects or the potentially creative aspects of this disorder. This is of enormous importance to, not alone academics, but parents and families of persons with this disorder. This book offers intelligent information about both the positive and negative aspects as well as a possible link to creativity.

Contents:

Novelty and other factors in creativity

Oscar Wilde and Jules Verne

Mark Twain and Saint Augustine

Thomas Cochrane and Sir Walter Raleigh

Ulysses Grant and Che Guevara

Richard Wagner and John Lennon

Kurt Cobain and James Dean

Clark Gable and Thomas Edison

Robert Capa, Robert Hooke and Malcolm and Donald Campbell

Jesse James

Robert Maxwell and Peggy Guggenheim

Picasso and Paul Gauguin

Wilfred Thesiger and Lady Di Beauclerk.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-172) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61668-065-2

OCLC:

923668354