An Unquiet Mind
A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · January 14, 1997
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author.
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- Who it’s for
- A closely observed memoir that feels both intimate and unflinching.
- Genres
- Bipolar Disorder, Lives in Medicine
- Published
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, January 14, 1997
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand.
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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.
Why It Clicks
A closely observed memoir that feels both intimate and unflinching.
Come here for
- clinical candor, lived experience
- a conversation-starter with real interiority
Expect
- thoughtful emotional range
- psychology without the gloss
Where it sits
| Bipolar Disorder | 60% |
|---|---|
| Lives in Medicine | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in Medicine
- Personal Memoirs
- Bipolar Disorder
- Authors
- Kay Redfield Jamison
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- January 14, 1997
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Lives in Medicine