An Unquiet Mind

Release on 2014-12-15 | by Kay Redfield Jamison

An Unquiet Mind is a definitive examination of manic depression from both sides: doctor and patient, the healer and the healed. A classic memoir of enormous candour and courage, it teems with the wit and wisdom of its creator.

Author: Kay Redfield Jamison
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781447275299
Category: Biography & Autobiography
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An Unquiet Mind

With an introduction by Andrew Solomon 'It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty.' Oliver Sacks I was used to my mind being my best friend. Now, all of a sudden, my mind had turned on me: it mocked me for my vapid enthusiasms; it laughed at all of my foolish plans; it no longer found anything interesting or enjoyable or worthwhile. Dr Kay Redfield Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic depression (bipolar disorder) - and has experienced its terrors and cruel allure first-hand. While pursuing her career in medicine, she was affected by the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic lows that afflicted many of her patients. From her jubilant childhood to the disquiet that has dominated her adult life, she charts a journey through her own mind, and those of others. An Unquiet Mind is a definitive examination of manic depression from both sides: doctor and patient, the healer and the healed. A classic memoir of enormous candour and courage, it teems with the wit and wisdom of its creator.

Language: en
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An Unquiet Mind

Authors: Kay Redfield Jamison

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-15 - Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Language: en
Pages: 223

An Unquiet Mind

Authors: Kay R. Jamison

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Random House of Canada

The personal memoir of a manic depressive and an authority on the subject describes the onset of the illness during her teenage years and her determined journey through the realm of available treatments. Reprint. 125,000 first printing.

Language: en
Pages: 223

An Unquiet Mind

Authors: Kay Redfield Jamison

Categories: Manic-depressive illness

Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher:

The author recounts her own personal struggle with manic-depression and how it has shaped her life.

Language: en
Pages: 384

Touched With Fire

Authors: Kay Redfield Jamison

Categories: Psychology

Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-10-18 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

The definitive work on the profound and surprising links between manic-depression and creativity, from the bestselling psychologist of bipolar disorders who wrote An Unquiet Mind. One of the foremost psychologists in America, “Kay Jamison is plainly among the few who have a profound understanding of the relationship that exists between