An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir Of Moods And Madness By Kay Redfield Jamison
This memoir was written by American clinical psychologist and researcher Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison and published in 1995. Jamison is Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Director, Mood Disorders Center, at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her memoir charts her life from childhood in a military family, to her diagnosis of bipolar illness as a 28-year-old assistant professor of psychiatry at UCLA, through an adulthood of navigating relationships and career with mental illness. She details her experiences of mania and depression, including a suicide attempt, and her relationship with lithium and with her psychiatrist. This books is honest, revealing, and beautiful.
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