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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Vintage)

Kay Redfield Jamison

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Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Rank: 381
In Touched with Fire, Kay Redfield Jamison, a psychiatrist, turned a mirror on the creativity so often associated with mental illness.

In this book she turns that mirror on herself. With breathtaking honesty she tells of her own manic depression, the bitter costs of her illness, and its paradoxical benefits: "There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness and terror involved in this kind of madness....

It will never end, for madness carves its own reality." This is one of the best scientific autobiographies ever written, a combination of clarity, truth, and insight into human character.

"We are all, as Byron put it, differently organized," Jamison writes. "We each move within the restraints of our temperament and live up only partially to its possibilities." Jamison's ability to live fully within her limitations is an inspiration to her fellow mortals, whatever our particular burdens may be. --Mary Ellen Curtin

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About the Author

Kay Redfield Jamison lives in Washington, DC.

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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Vintage)
Kay Redfield Jamison
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In Touched with Fire, Kay Redfield Jamison, a psychiatrist, turned a mirror on the creativity so often associated with mental illness. In this book she turns that mirror on herself. With breathtaking honesty she tells of... read full editorial
 From Library Journal
This incredibly insightful work chronicles the life of a psychologist and professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University who suffers from manic depression. Jamison began experiencing mood swings during adolescence... read full editorial
 The New York Times Book Review
invaluable memoir . . . medically knowledgeable, deeply human and beautifully written . . .



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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Vintage)
Kay Redfield Jamison
 A Touching Memoir
(Mandeville, LA USA) December 17, 2002 - 5.0/5 stars
Although I appear to be in the minority as I conclude that lithium has not, interfered with my creativity or my health as I take a controlled release form known apparently as eskalith; I am as well "a... read full review
 Managing the illness in a professional and personal life
(Rosamond, CA) May 11, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars
Jamison is a clinician who lives with and studies manic depression (bipolar disorder). She has the unique stance of a scientific background combined with personal experiences and stuggles. Manic depression is hard... read full review
 An Unquiet Mind is Kay Redfield
(London, UK) March 20, 2003 - 3.0/5 stars
An Unquiet Mind is Kay Redfield-Jamison's memoir of a turbulent struggle with chronic manic-depressive illness and all that it entails. Vivid descriptions of deep depressions and the summits of florid mania are colored... read full review



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