An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and MadnessNATIONAL 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. |
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... important , wonderful book . " -Jackson Clarion Ledger " Piercingly honest .... Jamison's literary coming - out is a mark of courage . " -People " Brave , insightful , richly textured and chillingly authentic . " " Extraordinary ...
... important , wonderful book . " -Jackson Clarion Ledger " Piercingly honest .... Jamison's literary coming - out is a mark of courage . " -People " Brave , insightful , richly textured and chillingly authentic . " " Extraordinary ...
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... important account of mercurial moods and madness . I absolutely love this book . " -Pat Conroy , author of The Prince of Tides " A landmark .... The combination of the intensity of her personal life and the intellectual rigor of her ...
... important account of mercurial moods and madness . I absolutely love this book . " -Pat Conroy , author of The Prince of Tides " A landmark .... The combination of the intensity of her personal life and the intellectual rigor of her ...
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... a longer time to inhabit a more benign , less threatening , and , indeed to me , a quite wonderful world of high . adventure . This world , I think , was one my sister had never known . The long and important years of child- AN UNQUIET ...
... a longer time to inhabit a more benign , less threatening , and , indeed to me , a quite wonderful world of high . adventure . This world , I think , was one my sister had never known . The long and important years of child- AN UNQUIET ...
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... important years of child- hood and early adolescence were , for the most part , very happy ones for me , and they afforded me a solid base of warmth , friendship , and confidence . They were to be an extremely powerful amulet , a potent ...
... important years of child- hood and early adolescence were , for the most part , very happy ones for me , and they afforded me a solid base of warmth , friendship , and confidence . They were to be an extremely powerful amulet , a potent ...
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... importance of phonetic and international languages . To this day , I keep a large ceramic bumblebee in my office , and it , too , makes me laugh when I remember my father picking it up , filled to the brim with honey , and flying it ...
... importance of phonetic and international languages . To this day , I keep a large ceramic bumblebee in my office , and it , too , makes me laugh when I remember my father picking it up , filled to the brim with honey , and flying it ...
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