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An Unquiet Mind by: Kay Redfield Jamison  EAN: 9780330346504 Format: Import ISBN: 0330346504 Label: Picador Manufacturer: Picador Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: April 26, 1996 Publisher: Picador Studio: Picador Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Too cerebral and tedious Right from the start, I did not find this book engaging. Unlike The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness which I have recently read and in which your heart absolutely breaks for the author, Ms. Jamison tends to recount her experiences with the cold, clinical eye of science, rather than expressing in what way her illness affects her feelings. This book reads like a thesis paper. Ms. Jamison "reports" on her illness, with no emotion behind the words. Even as she talks ... Read More Rating:  - An Unquiet MindKay Redfield Jamison's personal account of suffering from the relentless manic-depressive illness is extremely powerful. Jamison uses unique storytelling techniques to display the disorder in a very accurate light. What may initially seem monotonously repetitive turns out to be Jamison's use of the cycles of repetition in the portrayal of the true nature of manic-depression. Without pausing to think, readers may find the vicious cycle--depression, lithium, stop lithium, depression--to represent a boring ... Read More Rating:  - Kay Jamisons credentialsI'd just like to correct something is one of the reviews. Kay Jamison is not a psychiatrist. She is a psychologist who heads a psychiatric department. If you have read this book, you know that. I've read over a dozen books on Bipolar Disorder. Being Bipolar myself, I really felt a kinship with Kay. My family also read this book and tell me that they now have a better understanding of my illness. A very good book. Rating: - Really Helps to UnderstandLike others, I came away from this book with a far greater understanding, and more sympathetic view of those people in my life who suffer with manic-depression. I have good friends and cousins who wrestle with this disease, and though I tried to empathize, of course I couldn't. The one question I have, though, is that I thought people with manic depression who are on lithium should NOT drink alcohol? Certainly, the good doctor doesn't sound like an alcoholic, but there's plenty of mention of ... Read More Rating: - An interesting read.This was the first stand alone book on Bipolar I have read, and the only one most of my family has read. It is based on the lived experiences of a Bipolar I sufferer (lack of a better word). Kay is a good writter but gets bogged down in accademia speak which is a bit distracting. Unlike the text book she has co written, in comparison, this is easy to read. I still sugest you read it, and keep it on your book shelf, as it promotes bipolar as something normal inteligent successful people can have, instead of ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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