Request for Book Review:
My Name / Author’s Name: Joseph Collins
Title: Commanders In Crisis: The Psychological Battles of American Presidents Throughout History
ISBN-13: 9798227794079
Publication Date: Sept 15, 2024
Synopsis:
Greetings fellow readers! We are now living in uncertain times around the nation and asking a lot of questions regarding presidential leadership and fitness for office. In order to jumpstart a constructive dialogue, I chose to develop this project in order to offer an easy-to-understand, layman’s discussion of the most common mental health diagnoses in America. By offering chapters on the mental health diagnoses and struggles of former American presidents, I hope to accomplish three goals:
1) to provide interesting and easily-digestible information on the realities of serious mental illness;
2) to generate a sense of compassion and normalcy for people struggling with their mental and emotional wellness, and;
3) to provide a reliable perspective from which readers can arrive at their own conclusions regarding presidential leadership today.
Throughout my career as a Mental Health Counselor and Clinical Hospice / Hospital Chaplain, I have observed up close the stigma and debilitating social isolation endured by people struggling with serious mental illness, particularly in the African American community. In order to jumpstart a compelling dialogue, my book unveils vivid stories of how childhood trauma, genetic inheritance of disease and the pressures of leadership have impacted the emotional wellness and policies of U.S. presidents across the centuries. With dramatic historical accounts drawn from writings by other mental health professionals, historians and my own analyses, this book shines a light on the emotional challenges that have shaped some of the most critical moments in American presidential history.
The bottom line is Commanders In Crisis provides an opportunity for readers, families, book clubs and friends to engage in thought-provoking, compassionate dialogue regarding mental health for all of us. However, the foundation of those discussions must involve readers having a balanced understanding of common mental health diagnoses and the tools to dispel myths, stigma and false assumptions regarding emotionally challenged individuals.
Joseph Collins
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Website: www.nightwriterjoseph.com
Email: thomas[dot]collins4399[at]gmail.com
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