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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... teachers- United States Biography . I. Title . RCS16J363 1995 616.89'5'0092 - dcao [ B ] 95-14273 CIP Vintage ISBN : 0-679-76330-9 Random House Web address : http://www.randomhouse.com/ Printed in the United States of America C987 For ...
... teachers- United States Biography . I. Title . RCS16J363 1995 616.89'5'0092 - dcao [ B ] 95-14273 CIP Vintage ISBN : 0-679-76330-9 Random House Web address : http://www.randomhouse.com/ Printed in the United States of America C987 For ...
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... teaching , clinical practice , and advocacy work . Through writing and teaching I have hoped to persuade my colleagues of the paradoxical core of AN UNQUIET MIND.
... teaching , clinical practice , and advocacy work . Through writing and teaching I have hoped to persuade my colleagues of the paradoxical core of AN UNQUIET MIND.
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... teach them the old and ridiculous art of curtsying . It is hard to imagine that anyone in her right mind would find curtsying an even vaguely tolerable thing to do . But having been given the benefits of a liberal education by a father ...
... teach them the old and ridiculous art of curtsying . It is hard to imagine that anyone in her right mind would find curtsying an even vaguely tolerable thing to do . But having been given the benefits of a liberal education by a father ...
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... teacher , glared . I refused again . She was , she said , very sure that Colonel Jamison would be terribly upset by ... teach girls to curtsy to officers and their wives , he cared very much more that I had been rude to someone . I ...
... teacher , glared . I refused again . She was , she said , very sure that Colonel Jamison would be terribly upset by ... teach girls to curtsy to officers and their wives , he cared very much more that I had been rude to someone . I ...
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... teachers . For a long time I felt totally adrift . I missed Washing- ton terribly . I had left behind a boyfriend , without whom I was desperately unhappy ; he was blond , blue- eyed , funny , loved to dance , and we were seldom apart ...
... teachers . For a long time I felt totally adrift . I missed Washing- ton terribly . I had left behind a boyfriend , without whom I was desperately unhappy ; he was blond , blue- eyed , funny , loved to dance , and we were seldom apart ...
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