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An unquiet mind / Kay Redfield Jamison ; with a new preface by the author.

by Jamison, Kay R.

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Vintage Books, 2011.

Jamison, Kay R. -- Mental health.

People with bipolar disorder -- United States -- Biography.

Women college teachers -- United States -- Biography.

Women psychiatrists -- United States -- Biography.

9780679763307 (pbk)

1st Vintage Books ed.

223 p. ; 22 cm.

This ISBN first used on the 1996 Vintage Books edition, then reused on the 2011 printing of that edition.

"Originally published in slightly different form in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1995"--Title page verso.

"A memoir of moods and madness"--Cover.

"In her bestselling classic, An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison changed the way we think about moods and madness. 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. An Unquiet Mind is a memoir of enormous candor, vividness, and wisdom -- a deeply powerful book that has both transformed and saved lives."--Publisher.

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