An Unquiet Mind

JAMISON,K

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Author
JAMISON,K
Publish Date
01/01/1997
Book Type
paperback
Publisher Name
RNDMHSE
Subtitle
A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Number of Pages
224
Edition
1st Thus.
ISBN-10
0679763309
ISBN-13
9780679763307
SKU
9780679763307

Description

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.