Description: An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison A definitive examination of manic depression. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty - Oliver SacksAn 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.Dr Kay Redfield Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic depression (bipolar disorder), but she has also 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.Invaluable - New York Times Book Review Author Biography Kay Redfield Jamison is Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as well as Honorary Professor of English at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. She is the author of An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, Manic-Depressive Illness (with F. Goodwin) and Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide. She is the recipient of numerous national and international scientific awards, was distinguished lecturer at Harvard University in 2002 and the Litchfield lecturer at the University of Oxford in 2003. She is a John P. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow. Review It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty -- Oliver SacksAffecting, honest, touching -- Will SelfAn invaluable memoir of manic depression, at once medically knowledgeable, deeply human and beautifully written . . . Unashamedly honest * The New York Times Book Review *Rises to the poetic and has a mystical touch . . . a courageous and fascinating book, a moving account of the life of a remarkable woman * The Daily Telegraph *Jamisons [strength] is the gutsy way she has made her disease her lifes work and in her brilliant ability to convey its joys and its anguish . . . Extraordinary * The Washington Post *Harrowing reading but the writer has the wit and the soul of a poet * The Economist *A fiery, passionate, authentic account of the devastation and exaltation, the blindness and illumination of the psychotic experience * The Sunday Times * Promotional A definitive examination of manic depression. Details ISBN1035038900 Author Kay Redfield Jamison Publisher Pan Macmillan Series Picador Collection Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781035038909 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-04-04 Imprint Picador Subtitle A Memoir of Moods and Madness Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 616.8950092 Audience General UK Release Date 2024-04-04 Language English ISBN-10 1035038900 Audience Age 18 Pages 240 NZ Release Date 2024-08-26 AU Release Date 2024-08-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159182236;
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