An Unquiet Mind

Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on maic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was persuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herserlf succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her pacients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, an an attempted suicide.
Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer anf 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.

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