RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hubris syndrome
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 428
OP 432
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-4-428
VO 8
IS 4
A1 David Owen
YR 2008
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/4/428.abstract
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.