With this memoir, Jamison, a psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of mood research, revealed her own struggle with manic-depressive, or bipolar, illness. Interspersing humorous descriptions of the strange logic that permeated her manic episodes with haunting recollections of the depressions that would follow, she chronicles her professional ...
From the recognized authority on manic-depressive illness, Kay Redfield Jamison, this study links the lives of celebrated artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Robert Schumann, and Lord Byron to the euphoric highs and crushing lows that are the textbook symptoms of manic-depression.
*A beautifully written, heartfelt response to the untolled epidemic of suicide* Suicide is the third biggest, swiftest killer of young people in the Western world, and in the closing decades of the twentieth century it reached epidemic proportions. Kay Redfield Jamison, herself a survivor of a suicide attempt, has written a sensitive and ...
Psychologist and writer Kay Jamison, who usually writes about depression, now turns to its opposite, writing with exuberance about that very state--the passionate enthusiasm for life--finding welcome and inspiring examples of it in not only real people (such as John Muir, Bill Clinton, and A.A. Milne) but in fictional ones (like Mary Poppins) as ...
This work presents the life history of a philosopher who experienced severe, recurrent, and misdiagnosed mental disorder. The compelling narrative portrays the father's seventy-five years: his childhood and adolescence, his high levels of achievement, intermixed with recurrent episodes and brutal hospitalizations, his marriage and family life, his ...
The revolution in psychiatry that began in the 1950s led to dramatic advances in the understanding and treatment of manic-depressive illness also known as bipolar disorder. No other mental illness has been the subject of such extensive, clinically useful, and scientifically productive research. Hailed as the most outstanding book in the biomedical ...
The revolution in psychiatry that began mid-century has led to dramatic advances in the understanding and treatment of manic-depressive illness. No other mental disorder has been the subject of such clinically useful and scientifically productive research. This book is the first to survey this massive body of evidence comprehensively and to assess ...
From a leading medical expert at Johns Hopkins, here is an up--to--the--minute, definitive guide to what's known about depression and how it can be treated. Around ten percent of North Americans suffer from depression at some point ---- and more than half haven't even sought help. Now, Dr. Raymond DePaulo, one of the world's foremost authorities ...
A compelling collection of family photographs and moving first-person narratives about people living with mental illness. One in five Americans has a mental illness. Nothing to Hide , a stunning tribute to the millions of families for whom mental illness is a part of everyday life, juxtaposes first-person accounts with beautifully reproduced ...
In spare and at times strikingly lyrical prose, Jamison ("An Unquiet Mind") looks back at her relationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientist who battled severe dyslexia to become one of the foremost experts on schizophrenia.
This is the only comprehensive work on SED, with practical information on diagnosing and treating children with SED. It features contributions by leading experts of SED research and practice. It includes a foreword by Kay Jamison, a nationally recognized author on mental illness.
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