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| 1. | Amazon.com |
| 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 |
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| 2. | From Publishers Weekly |
| Jamison's memoir springs from her dual perspective as both a psychiatric
expert in manic depression and a sufferer of the disease. Copyright
1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
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| 3. | 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 |
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| 4. | Oliver Sacks, author of An Anthropologist on Mars |
| Jamison's book gripped me from the first page. An Unquiet Mind
stands alone in the literature of manic-depression for its bravery,
brilliance, and beauty.--This text refers to the
Hardcover edition. |
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| 5. | The New York Times Book Review |
| invaluable memoir . . . medically knowledgeable, deeply human and
beautifully written . . . |
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| 6. | From Booklist |
| Psychologist Jamison's controversial Touched with Fire (1993)
explored the hypothetical link between artistic creativity and mood
disorders, speculating that manic-depressive illness, which may be
inherited, somehow enables... read full editorial |
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| 7. | From Book News, Inc. |
| A psychiatry professor, author, and recipient of numerous national and
international scientific awards describes her own struggle since
adolescence with manic-depressive illness and recounts how it has shaped
her life... read full editorial |
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| 8. | Book Description |
| As a founder of UCLA's Affective Disorder Clinic and a co-author of a
standard medical text, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison may be the foremost
authority on manic-depressive illness. She is also one... read full editorial |
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| 9. | From the Publisher |
| "It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery,
brilliance and beauty."--Oliver Sacks"The most emotionally
moving book I've ever read about emotions."--William Safire, The
New York Times Magazine"An... read full editorial |
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| 10. | From the Inside Flap |
| As a founder of UCLA's Affective Disorder Clinic and a co-author of a
standard medical text, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison may be the foremost
authority on manic-depressive illness. She is also one of its survivors.
And it... read full editorial |
