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Fires in the dark : healing the unquiet mind / Kay Redfield Jamison.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: x, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525657170
  • 0525657177
  • 9781984898203
  • 1984898205
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Contents:
Prologue: The oldest branch of medicine -- The mind at war: healing the broken. The shadow of a great rock ; The night nurse ; Rivers -- Healers of the mind: priest, physician, and psychotherapist. And the god left ; Bearings in the dark ; Big Sur ; Sowings -- The healing arts: hero, artist, and storyteller. Island and quest ; They looked to their songs ; Ashen roots ; The eleventh hour -- Epilogue: Chesapeake.
Summary: "The acclaimed author of The Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychic pain and the role of the gifted healer in the journey back to health. "To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal." In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of suffering, Kay Jamison writes about what makes an effective healer, and the role of imagination and memory in the regeneration of the mind. From the trauma of the bloodiest battlefields of the twentieth century to her own experience with bipolar disease, Jamison demonstrates how extraordinary psychotherapy can be when administered properly and explores the clinical reality that healing the mind requires, for both doctor and patient. She draws on the cases of W.H.R. Rivers, the renowned doctor who treated shell-shocked WWI soldiers, on the long history of physical treatments for mental distress and the ancient role of religion and myth in healing, and she looks at the heroic figures in our artistic culture who have healed us as a people, such as Paul Robeson. Fires in the Dark is a beautiful meditation on the quest and adventure of true healing"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 616.8914 J32 Available 33111011069545
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 616.8914 J32 Available 33111011298540
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR . The acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychological pain and the role of the exceptional healer in the journey back to health.

"To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal." In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of mental suffering, Kay Jamison writes about psychotherapy, what makes a great healer, and the role of imagination and memory in regenerating the mind. From the trauma of the battlefields of the twentieth century, to those who are grieving, depressed, or with otherwise unquiet minds, to her own experience with bipolar illness, Jamison demonstrates how remarkable psychotherapy and other treatments can be when done well.

She argues that not only patients but doctors must be healed. She draws on the example of W.H.R. Rivers, the renowned psychiatrist who treated poet Siegfried Sassoon and other World War I soldiers, and discusses the long history of physical treatments for mental illness, as well as the ancient and modern importance of religion, ritual, and myth in healing the mind. She looks at the vital role of artists and writers, as well as exemplary figures, such as Paul Robeson, who have helped to heal us as a people.

Fires in the Dark is a beautiful meditation on the quest and adventure of healing the mind, on the power of accompaniment, and the necessity for knowledge.

"This is a Borzoi book." -- title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: The oldest branch of medicine -- The mind at war: healing the broken. The shadow of a great rock ; The night nurse ; Rivers -- Healers of the mind: priest, physician, and psychotherapist. And the god left ; Bearings in the dark ; Big Sur ; Sowings -- The healing arts: hero, artist, and storyteller. Island and quest ; They looked to their songs ; Ashen roots ; The eleventh hour -- Epilogue: Chesapeake.

"The acclaimed author of The Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychic pain and the role of the gifted healer in the journey back to health. "To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal." In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of suffering, Kay Jamison writes about what makes an effective healer, and the role of imagination and memory in the regeneration of the mind. From the trauma of the bloodiest battlefields of the twentieth century to her own experience with bipolar disease, Jamison demonstrates how extraordinary psychotherapy can be when administered properly and explores the clinical reality that healing the mind requires, for both doctor and patient. She draws on the cases of W.H.R. Rivers, the renowned doctor who treated shell-shocked WWI soldiers, on the long history of physical treatments for mental distress and the ancient role of religion and myth in healing, and she looks at the heroic figures in our artistic culture who have healed us as a people, such as Paul Robeson. Fires in the Dark is a beautiful meditation on the quest and adventure of true healing"-- Provided by publisher.

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