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An unquiet mind : a memoir of moods and madness / Kay Redfield Jamison.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Vintage Books, [2011]Edition: First Vintage books editionDescription: xiii, 223 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780679763307
  • 0679763309
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Preface to the Vintage Books edition [15 years later] -- Prologue -- The wild blue yonder -- A not so fine madness -- This medicine, love -- An unquiet mind -- Epilogue.
Summary: The personal story of a manic depressive and authority on the subject describes the onset of the illness during her teenage years, and her determined journey through the range of available treatments.Summary: "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."--Provided by publisher
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography JAMISON, K. J32 Checked out 05/25/2024 33111011298581
Total holds: 1

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Subtitle from cover.

"With a new preface by the author"--Cover

"Originally published in slightly different form in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1995"--Title page verso

Preface copyright 2011.

Preface to the Vintage Books edition [15 years later] -- Prologue -- The wild blue yonder -- A not so fine madness -- This medicine, love -- An unquiet mind -- Epilogue.

The personal story of a manic depressive and authority on the subject describes the onset of the illness during her teenage years, and her determined journey through the range of available treatments.

"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."--Provided by publisher

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