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    Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities

    By Claudia Kalb

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    Was Andy Warhol a hoarder? Did Einstein have autism? Was Frank Lloyd Wright a narcissist? In this surprising, inventive, and meticulously researched look at the evolution of mental health, acclaimed health and science journalist Claudia Kalb gives readers a glimpse into the lives of high-profile historic figures through the lens of modern psychology, weaving groundbreaking research into biographical narratives that are deeply embedded in our culture. From Marilyn Monroe's borderline personality disorder to Charles Darwin's anxiety, Kalb provides compelling insight into a broad range of maladies, using historical records and interviews with leading mental health experts, biographers, sociologists, and other specialists. Packed with intriguing revelations, this smart narrative brings a new perspective to one of the hottest new topics in today's cultural conversation.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNational Geographic
    Release dateFeb 2, 2016
    ISBN9781426214677
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    Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities
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    Claudia Kalb

    CLAUDIA KALB is an award-winning author and journalist who reports on a wide variety of health and science topics. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities. A former senior writer at Newsweek who has also contributed to Smithsonian and Scientific American, Kalb has written cover stories for National Geographic that explore genius through the lens of biography, history, culture, and science. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia. Twitter: @ClaudiaKalb. www.claudiakalb.com 

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    • 4/5
      Absolutely fascinating. So little is still understood about the human brain. Taking twelve well known figures from the past, their upbringing, genetic markers and diagnosing them in the present day, the author presents interesting case studies on how these individuals were effected by events and environment. Marilyn Monroe to Dostoevsky, Einstein to Warhol, various addictions or mental afflictions, all well researched, well presented. Shows how different areas in the brain are actually different or changed by these diseases. How hard they are to diagnose with so many overlapping symptoms. Treatments that have success, treatments in the past that were non existent or just did not work. Mental illness funds are drying up in the present day, diagnoses still carry a terrible stigma. Often diseases are seen as a weakness not a real illness. Temple Grandin relates a very informative warning about the danger of trying to manipulate genetic markers, that we may not like the result. What amazed me after reading this is how successful these people were despite the handicaps they had to live with. Made me admire them even more, feel a great deal of sorrow form what they had to go through. More aware and sympathetic for those who are fighting these battles today.ARC from publisher.
    • 2/5
      It was an interesting read but with some of the people, it seemed to be reaching to find some sort of illness.
    • 4/5
      An intriguing look into the recesses of the minds and proclivities of twelve famous people in history Claudia Kalb sheds light on the things that make us tick, or otherwise. We are given Marilyn Monroe, Howard Hughes, Andy Warhol, Princess Diana, Abraham Lincoln, Christine Jorgensen, Frank Lloyd Wright, Betty Ford, Charles Darwin, George Gershwin, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Albert Einstein. Enough material here to exam indefinitely without going crazy.Each of these individuals dealt with an overriding challenge that shaped their character and lives in different ways but not altogether negatively. They all achieved fame unlike most of us but dealt with the demons that plagued them to a degree but also made them very human just like all of us.Many lessons and aspects of these conditions are looked at and dissected in a way to gain perspective on what and where we draw the line on normal. Questions as to treatment and cure are raised to debate in line with our fix-it medical culture also. Much to ponder here in the dark recesses of our own minds.
    • 3/5
      3.5 Interesting book about famous folks and their mental health.
    • 4/5
      This was an enjoyable, easy read about celebrities and their psychological problems. Some are confirmed illnesses and some are supported conjecture. Well-written and fascinating, this book looks at the lives of Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Princes Diana, Andy Warhol, Betty Ford, Dostoevsky, Frank Lloyd Wright, Howard Hughes, Abraham Lincoln, Christine Jorgenson, Charles Darwin, and George Gershwin. Their issues included borderline personality disorder, alcoholism, gambling, hoarding, anxiety, depression, autism, Bulimia, ADHD and more. But you'll have to read the book to see which diagnosis goes with which personality!!The author, Claudia Kalb, is an award-winning journalist who specializes in the fields of science and medicine. She was a former senior writer for Newsweek and has published in the Smithsonian and Scientific American. And I went to college with her and she is a really nice person! Recommended.
    • 4/5
      Part biography, part psychological journal. I quite enjoyed it.
    • 2/5
      A list of world famous people with personality disorders as she describes them from DSM, sans footnotes or other references.Some were interesting, some were boring. Some people had pretty full biographies some not so much. A lot of psychological allegations & supposition.What she wrote about Marilyn Monroe pissed me off; saying that Marilyn Monroe made up the stories about her being abused while in foster care... Seriously?