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Manic-Depressive Illness Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression Volume I, (Volume I)
Frederick K. Goodwin, Kay Redfield Jamison

Oxford University Press, 2007

The revolution in psychiatry that began in the 1950s led to dramatic advances in the understanding and treatment of manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder. No other mental illness has been the subject of such extensive, clinically useful, and scientifically productive research. Hailed as the most outstanding book in the biomedical sciences when it was originally published in 1990, Manic-Depressive Illness was the first to ...

Understanding Depression: What We Know and What You Can Do About It

11 reviews
J. Raymond DePaulo, Leslie Alan Horvitz, ...

Wiley, 2002

an Excellent Resource
If you're looking to learn about depression, this is an EXCELLENT book to begin with. DePaulo does a great job of explaining what depression is (and isn't) and what we do and don't know about it. He explores the causes of depression and he's not afraid to say when something isn't 100% certain. The truth is, they're still learning so much about the causes of depression that I'm very suspicious ...

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

320 reviews
Kay Redfield Jamison

Vintage, 1996

mania
A sad and yet a beautiful account of a young lady's struggle with bipolar and manic depression. Even in her writing (from the choppyness) you can tell that her mind is struggling with this madness. She lets you know that her mind is not the only thing effected by her condition, that it also consumed her body makeing her weak at times and active at others. Even though I loved to read it I would ...

The Years of Silence are Past: My Father's Life with Bipolar Disorder

4 reviews
Stephen P. Hinshaw

Cambridge University Press, 2002

Get This Book for Everyone You Know
This is one of the best books on any topic I have read lately. Anyone who knows anyone with a psychological problem (that's all of you with a pulse, by the way), should read The Years of Silence are Past. The title refers to the silence that descended on Stephen Hinshaw's family in the face of his father's bipolar illness (manic-depression). The book is so resonant because countless families ...

Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide

73 reviews
Kay Redfield Jamison

Vintage, 2000

Day Has Passed
I have read all of Jamison's work, with the exception of _The Exuberance of Life_. The writing presented in this volume has resonance from what I have felt. Night Falls Fast should be considered a guide for families of mentally ill who contemplate suicide. It is tight and concise, from the moral judgements which are placed upon those who attempt it, to instances of unsound internal turmoil. ...

Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, 2nd Edition

21 reviews
Frederick K. Goodwin, Kay Redfield Jamison

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

A Must-Read for Patients
This month's long-awaited second edition recently hit the streets, and is well worth the wait. At more than 1,200 pages and with an impressive list of collaborators shedding light on all manner of matters melancholic and manic, the book represents a virtual Manhattan Project on mood disorders. With our recovery riding on being as smart, if not smarter, than our treating professionals, it pays ...

Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament

56 reviews
Kay Redfield Jamison

Free Press, 1996

Mens sana in corpore sano.
Over the years.....for as long as I can remember - I sit alone and let my mind soar to the most incredible heights. My mind hears, sees and feels ....original music that tragically will never be heard. Motion Pictures that will never be seen. Eroticism that would make even the most sexually creative blush - never be felt. My mind went too high...too often that made life too difficult to bear ...

Exuberance: The Passion for Life

21 reviews
Kay Redfield Jamison

Vintage, 2005

Get on with it!
I have yet to finish the book but within pages I was both crying and laughing from the EXUBERANCES of the folks highlighted. This is a great reminder to get on with it and stop taking yourself so seriously. I am giving it to many in my family for Christmas.

Wild unrest.(mental illness and sadness in poetry): An article from: Poetry
Kay Redfield Jamison

Thomson Gale, 2005

This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 803 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Wild unrest.(mental illness and sadness in poetry) Author: ...

NIGHT FALLS FAST: UNDERSTANDING SUICIDE
KAY REDFIELD JAMISON

PICADOR, 2000

Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family

1 review
Jean J. Beard, Peggy Gillespie

New Press, 2002

Essential Reading
Nothing to Hide is one of the most important books I've read. As an advocate for people with mental illnesses ('consumers'), and one myself, I believe this book is an essential tool for understanding mental illness: The firsthand experience, how it affects families and friends, the battles for justice and against stigma, and consumers' pervasive courage, humor and grace in the face of despair. ...

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