An Unquiet Mind
by Kay Redfield Jamison
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- ISBN 13
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Jamison's memoir, An Unquiet Mind, is, without a doubt, the most brilliant and brutally honest book I've ever read about bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic-depression). I've read nothing else that has better captured the torment and elation of this strange illness, nor have I ever felt compelled to recommend any other book on the topic to "outsiders."
Jamison has studied and written extensively on her scientific findings, but what makes An Unquiet Mind such a great read has nothing to do with research and everything to do with Jamison's ability to relay her distinctive and singular perspective in human terms.
Synopsis
Kay Redfield Jamison is the Dalio Family Professor in Mood Disorders and Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is codirector of the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center and a member of the governing board of the National Network of Depression Centers. She is also Honorary Professor of English at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and the author of the national bestsellers An Unquiet Mind and Night Falls Fast , as well as Touched with Fire, Exuberance, and Nothing Was the Same . Dr. Jamison is the coauthor of the standard medical text on bipolar illness, Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression , and the recipient of numerous national and international literary and scientific honors, including a MacArthur Award. In 2010 she married Thomas Traill, a cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Title
- An Unquiet Mind
- Author
- Kay Redfield Jamison
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679763309
- ISBN 13
- 9780679763307
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- Westminster, Maryland, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- January 14, 1997