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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... Understanding Suicide , Exuberance : The Passion for Life , and coauthor of the standard medical text on manic - depressive illness , chosen in 1990 as the Most Outstanding Book in Biomedical Sciences by the Association of American ...
... Understanding Suicide , Exuberance : The Passion for Life , and coauthor of the standard medical text on manic - depressive illness , chosen in 1990 as the Most Outstanding Book in Biomedical Sciences by the Association of American ...
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... understand its real and imagined powers . Because my illness seemed at first simply to be an extension of myself that is to say , of my ordinarily changeable moods , energies , and enthusiasms - I per- haps gave it at times too much ...
... understand its real and imagined powers . Because my illness seemed at first simply to be an extension of myself that is to say , of my ordinarily changeable moods , energies , and enthusiasms - I per- haps gave it at times too much ...
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... understand how desperately important it was to both my intellectual and emotional life to have had my thoughts and enthusiasms given not only respect but active encouragement . An ardent tem- perament makes one very vulnerable to ...
... understand how desperately important it was to both my intellectual and emotional life to have had my thoughts and enthusiasms given not only respect but active encouragement . An ardent tem- perament makes one very vulnerable to ...
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... understanding of the phrase " civilian school " was sharpened by the peals of laughter that followed quick on the heels of my " Yes , ma'am " and " No , sir " to the teachers . For a long time I felt totally adrift . I missed Washing ...
... understanding of the phrase " civilian school " was sharpened by the peals of laughter that followed quick on the heels of my " Yes , ma'am " and " No , sir " to the teachers . For a long time I felt totally adrift . I missed Washing ...
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