PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - David Owen
TI  - Hubris syndrome
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-4-428
DP  - 2008 Aug 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 428--432
VI  - 8
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/4/428.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/4/428.full
SO  - Clin Med2008 Aug 01; 8
AB  - Hubris syndrome is associated with power, more likely to manifest itself the longer the person exercises power and the greater the power they exercise. A syndrome not to be applied to anyone with existing mental illness or brain damage. Usually symptoms abate when the person no longer exercises power. It is less likely to develop in people who retain a personal modesty, remain open to criticism, have a degree of cynicism or well developed sense of humour. Four heads of government in the last 100 years are singled out as having developed hubris syndrome: David Lloyd George, Margaret Thatcher, George W Bush and Tony Blair.