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An Unquiet Mind

Name: An Unquiet Mind
ISBN: 9780679763307

A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Kay Redfield Jamison, Unknown Author

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 1997-01-14

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Psychology Self-Help mental healing motivational

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Who It's For

Good for readers who enjoy Psychology / Psychopathology / Bipolar Disorder
Good for readers interested in mental
Good for fans of Psychology

What You Get

Themes: Self, Help, Mental.
Reading lane: Psychopathology and Mood Disorders.
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

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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.