This work is a personal testimony from Kay Redfield Jamison: the revelation of her struggle with manic depression since adolescence, and how it has ...Show synopsisThis work is a personal testimony from Kay Redfield Jamison: the revelation of her struggle with manic depression since adolescence, and how it has shaped her life. The book follows her through college, a love affair, her battle with the illness, bouts of madness, violence and attempted suicide.Hide synopsis
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Description:Jamison, Kay Redfield., Vintage Books (Random House), 1996,...Jamison, Kay Redfield., Vintage Books (Random House), 1996, c1995, later printing, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), fine, 224 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 0679763309, 'A remarkable personal testimony; the revelation of her own struggle since adolescence with manic depression, and how it has shaped her life', Bipolar Disorder; Psychology; Memoir.
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A very informative and personal account of bi-polar disorder. Not very many technical terms,easy and engrossing to read. I could readily identify with many of the author's symptoms and situations. . Very helpful,even shared passages with my therapist.
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Kay Jamison has the reputation, painfully acquired, of being one of the foremost world experts on Manic-Depression Illness--not only from her brilliant research and clinical experience as a psychologist, but also from her intimate personal experience of the disease. Here is a psychologist telling the ...
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This is truly a phenomenal book. Dr. Jamison's description of her fight with manic depression is both wonderfully informative and helpful, especially for anyone who has the crippling disorder. And if you don't, then it will cultivate empathy for this segment of the population. Highly recommended.
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This book gave a personal account of the author's experience with bipolar disorder. I got insight into what my family member is dealing with in a way that he has not as yet been able to verbalize to me. The description of the struggles from the perspective of a professional in the field who struggles ...
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