An Unquiet Mind
A psychiatry professor who studies manic depression writes about living with it herself.
Kay Redfield Jamison, a clinical psychologist and professor of psychiatry who studies manic depression, describes her own life with the illness. She writes about the highs and the depressions, a suicide attempt, her resistance to taking lithium, and how her illness shaped her relationships and her academic career.
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Tanya Byron
To read a book written by someone who has a brilliant and comprehensive theoretical understanding of a very complicated mental health issue, and who also has an understanding of it from a personal point of view, is truly humbling.
Interview · March 2011
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