UNQUIET MIND, AN : A MEMOIR OF MOODS AND MADNESS

1996, GOOD+ PAPERBACK, LIGHT WEAR VINTAGE BOOKS [JAMISON, KAY REDFIELD] A MEMOIR OF MOODS AND MADNESS

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NATIONAL 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.

Product Info

ISBN: 0679763309

ISBN-13: 9780679763307

Publisher: VINTAGE BOOKS

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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Country: United States