There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Jamison’s literary coming-out is a mark of courage.”—People “Brave, insightful, richly textured and chillingly authentic.”—Boston Globe  “A riveting portrayal of a courageous brain alternating between exhilarating highs and numbing lows.” —James D. Watson, Nobel laureate and author of The Double Helix “In a most intimate and powerful telling, Jamison weaves the personal and professional threads of her life together. For anyone who wrestles with Bi-polar disease or mood disorders, this is a wonderful source that shares research about some of our most creative writers, composers, creative geniuses and the "down side" of that genius. Kay Redfield Jamison (Goodreads Author) (shelved 77 times as suicide ) avg rating 4.10 — 5,957 ratings — published 1999 It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. However, it was intriguing and truly a window into the mind of someone facing mental illness. . This is an important, wonderful book.” —Jackson Clarion Ledger “Extraordinary. Even as she was pursuing her psychiatric training, Jamison found herself succumbing to the exhilarating highs and paralyzing lows that afflicted many of her patients. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. eloquent and profound.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Piercingly honest. A very good read. . From novels to comics, self-help to poetry, young adult to memoirs, these are the best books for anyone who wants to read and learn about depression. An Unquiet Mind is a memoir of enormous candor, vividness, and wisdom—a deeply powerful book that has both transformed and saved lives. I wish I had read this book before a dear one committed suicide. I bought this when someone recommended it to me when i was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. . I would recommend reading other books for that information and then read this one. The book is right on. It seems likely that the BSDS will be increasingly accepted. .orange-text-color {color: #FE971E;} Explore your book, then jump right back to where you left off with Page Flip. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. The gifts that are born in a space where most persons do not go and the deep cavernous black holes where no one wants to go. “An invaluable memoir of manic depression, at once medically knowledgeable, deeply human and beautifully written . Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2019. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Extraordinary.” —Washington Post Book World “The most emotionally moving book I’ve ever read about the emotions.”—William Safire, The New York Times Magazine “Written with poetic and moving sensitivity . Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. A vibrant and engaging account of the life, love and experience of a woman, a therapist, an academic, and a patient.” —British Medical Journal  “Affecting, honest, touching . So it goes to show that it was interesting and entertaining enough to keep me from putting it down, even though I had two more weeks to finish the book. An Unquiet Mind may well become a classic. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. I also ordered "When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness" and "I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help" both of which were significantly more helpful. Jamison sets an example of courage.” —Howard Gardner, Nature “Stunning. . Please try again. Manic-depression is not a superpower, nor is it a boon to an artist - if anything, it is a great hindrance to the would-be artist, stifling them with undue anguish and much lost time instead of hours of happy creativity. It's basically an autobiography about a very gifted author's life. Ive read enough to be terrified for him but I want a more detailed description. I will continue my search for more information, I believe there is always something new to learn, something new to try! . Please try your request again later. Please try again. . Redfield Jamison is a world authority on manic depressive, or bipolar, illness and her expertise really shines through in this book. I re amend this book to anyone seeking to further understand as I want how it feels to go through this, how to explain it to those around you and why they need to know. Some parts of it seem oddly written, almost silly, almost less like a professional novel and more like you're listening to someone casually talk. Also, the real struggles and stories of people and the family who try to hard to understand mental health. This is a great read expressing reference to the great artist and genius minds of people with manic-depressive illness. (However, note that further validation and replication of the BSDS is still advised.) It confirms the struggles of mood instabilities. – KAY REDFIELD JAMISON (1946- ) Weekly $25,000 shopping binges at Barney’s and “high end” boutiques for clothes I barely wore were the norm. She is also one of its survivors. Please try again. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2016. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Some may be distracted by Jamison’s inclusion of graphs, though these serve to illustrate her point and clearly lay out required information. Explains everything I have been experiencing since I was a little kid. An honest, insightful and sometimes funny account of learning to live with Bipolar Disorder. --William Safire, The New York Times Magazine, "An invaluable memoir of manic depression, at once medically knowledgeable, deeply human, and beautifully written ... at times poetic, at times straightforward, always unashamedly honest." Her lifestyle during periods spent in London was very expensive indeed, and she doesn’t explain this, seems to take it for granted. . Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2019. Please try again. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2020. I had to read this book for one of my college classes. Empathy I believe is easier for people to feel when they have a basic understanding of an issue. . I have bought this book as least 3 times and I lend it and it never comes back! There was a problem loading your book clubs. They wrestled with deep depression and mania which led many into asylums during and at the end of life. Drawing from the lives of artists such as Van Gogh, Byron and Virginia Woolf, Jamison examines the links between manic-depression and creativity. Manic-depression is greatly misunderstood. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Something went wrong. A lively and well-written discussion of the profoundly creative shapers of our culture who also happen to be tortured by the special brain with which they have been gifted. The expression of the arts allows the person with manic-depression to express and create. WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHORIn her bestselling classic, An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison changed the way we think about moods and madness.Dr. Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, Paperback – Illustrated, October 18, 1996, Free Press; Illustrated edition (October 18, 1996). Sep 16, 2019 – 8.53am. . Jamison is a clinical psychologist who centers her working on helping those with mental problems — especially bipolar disorder — effectively. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. I seek out books expressing mental health, and the positive influences of people. What comes through is a remarkably whole person with the grit to defeat her disease.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer “A riveting read. at times poetic, at times straightforward, always unashamedly honest.”—The New York Times Book Review “Stands alone in the literature of manic-depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty.”—Oliver Sacks “Jamison’s [strength] is in the gutsy way she has made her disease her life’s work and in her brilliant ability to convey its joys and its anguish. Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, is the bestselling author of An Unquiet Mind, Touched with Fire, and other books. A fascinating read - especially as I am affected by the disease Ms Jamison discusses (with deft synthesis of a range of artists, in a manner, if I may say so, surprising for one whose academic qualifications do not include literature, art history, or the like. Jamison's memoir springs from her dual perspective as both a psychiatric expert in manic depression and a sufferer of the disease. . . I am not mentall health trained but bought this to help understand family member a little better, a wonderful book, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2016, insightful and sometimes funny account of learning to live with Bipolar Disorder, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2018. . To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. The author a renowned psychologist who has bipolar tells her story in a way that is easy to understand, charming witty and all too human. 9. Our center provides a range of specialized services to patients with mood disorders, including depression, bipolar disorder and many others. Cuts through the dead jargon and detached observations of psychiatric theory and practice to create a fiery, passionate, authentic account of the devastation and exaltation, the blindness and illumination of the psychotic experience.” —The Sunday Times (London) “Rises to the poetic and has a mystical touch. Dr. Jamison, the recipient of numerous national and international scientific awards, is a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2015. At various times in her life, four different, and we are told wonderful, men fall in love with her at first sight, and we aren’t shown why. No help for me with a "bi-polar" wife who is in denial and won't do anything to help. I previously read and was highly impressed by Kay Jamison's book Night Falls Fast-Understanding Suicide, and looked forward with high hopes to this one. Touched With Fire, by Kay Redfield Jamison, a clinical psychologist. . Kay Redfield Jamison: The youngest person on this list (and the only woman) Kay Jamison is known for her work with bipolar disorder. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I owe the author a huge thanks for giving me some idea what my loved one may be going through so thank you for a truly wonderful book. . . Read the whole book. fluid, felt and often lyrical.” —Will Self, The Observer (London) “Quite astonishing. If you love, you will grieve, and that’s just given.” – Kay Redfield Jamison. . Unable to add item to List. But not everyone with bipolar disorder responds well to lithium and Jamison doesn't really talk about other options. The Noonday Demon takes a deep, ... By Kay Redfield Jamison. Part science writing, part memoir, this book offers an intimate insight into what it is like to live with bipolar, told and described rather than brought to life in any kind of scene, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2019. A completely different perspective than learning about mental illnesses in a textbook style manner. Book itself is a little difficult to read. Though the disorder brought her seemingly boundless energy and mercurial creativity, it also propelled her into spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempt at suicide. [An] exquisite (in both a literary and medical sense) autobiography. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}Ask Alexa to read your book with Audible integration or text-to-speech. . A compelling work of literature.”—Independent on Sunday (London), "The most emotionally moving book I've ever read about emotions." I would have liked slightly more details of the episodes (thoughts, feelings, experiences etc.) .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}View high quality images that let you zoom in to take a closer look. I liked the perspective from a life long researcher of the illness combined with self experience. . . 609 books based on 1316 votes: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: ... Kay Redfield Jamison (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 4,608 ratings. She is coauthor of the standard medical text on manic-depressive illness and author or coauthor of more than one hundred scientific papers about mood disorders, creativity, and psychopharmacology. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. No list on the best mental health books would be complete without this National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist. There’s almost no dialogue and no sense of anyone’s character other than in the adjectives she chooses for them. So were lavish meals with friends where I … Don't get me wrong. . Save. The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide, Third Edition: What You and Your Family Need to Know, The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness, Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, Kindle - Now with a Built-in Front Light - Black, JETech Case for iPad Air 1st Edition (NOT for iPad Air 2), Smart Cover with Auto Wake/Sleep, Green, Sdara Derma Roller 540 Titanium 0.25mm Micro Needle Cosmetic Microdermabrasion Tool For Face - Includes Storage Case (1-Pack), AGSIVO Hanging Shelves Wall Mounted Wood Shelves with 2 Rings Lightweight and Durable Farmhouse Rope Shelves for Living Room Bedroom Bathroom Kitchen. I absolutely love this book.”—Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides “A landmark. As a founder of UCLA's Affective Disorder Clinic and a co-author of a standard medical text, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison may be the foremost authority on manic-depressive illness. The combination of the intensity of her personal life and the intellectual rigor of her professional experience make the book unique. . 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.
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