An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Jan 2009 · Vintage
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author.
Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide.
Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.
Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide.
Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.
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August 15, 2015
I can relate my mood disorders to this author's description of the severe blackness and hopeless feelings of her depressive states. It was difficult not to feel the same melancholy in myself as I read her words about the darkness she has lived through. It's true that there is no cure for manic-depressive disorder or, in my case, clinical depression; only bandaids to hold back the harsh torrents of insufferable thoughts in lonely silence. -42
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Noah Bell
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August 12, 2019
Overall not a bad book, but the ideas of insanity and depression sometimes shouldn't be shared. This book is very depressing and if you are struggling with that kind of stuff, it may just throw you over the edge. A good read for adults with stable minds, but risky for young adults and teens who are still growing their minds.
Jodie LeBlanc-Landry
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March 22, 2015
Nice to read story of another successful bp sufferer. Too much medical talk, would have liked more personal revelation.
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About the author
KAY REDFIELD JAMISON is a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as well as an honorary professor of English at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. She is the author of the national best sellers An Unquiet Mind, Night Falls Fast, and Touched with Fire. She is coauthor of the standard medical text on manic-depressive illness and author or coauthor of more than one hundred scientific papers about mood disorders, creativity, and psychopharmacology. Dr. Jamison, the recipient of numerous national and international scientific awards, is a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow.
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