An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madness - Softcover

Redfield Jamison, Kay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330528076 ISBN 13: 9780330528078

Publisher: Picador, 2011

Synopsis

Dr Kay Redfield Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive illness. She has also experienced it first-hand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, she was affected by the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients. An Unquiet Mind is a memoir of enormous candour, courage, wit and wisdom, which examines manic depression from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and its cruel allure. First published fifteen years ago, it remains the definitive book on manic depression.

'It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty' Oliver Sacks

'Affecting, honest, touching' Will Self

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Review

'The writing is clear and beautiful, the descriptions accurate, the interior world she evokes is furiously alive. In the 16 years since An Unquiet Mind was first published, no greater book about manic depression - or bipolar disorder - has appeared.' --Observer

'An accessible account of a frightening illness we still don't fully understand' --The Herald

'This is a reissue of a powerful account of living with "manic depressive illness" ...a fascinating, harrowing description' --Guardian

Book Description

An international bestseller and the definitive book on manic depression

Edition details

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0330528076
• ISBN 13: 9780330528078
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240