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An Unquiet Mind
by: Kay Redfield Jamison

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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780330346504
Format: Import
ISBN: 0330346504
Label: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: April 26, 1996
Publisher: Picador
Studio: Picador

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- 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 about the death of one of her patients as well as her own suicide attempt and resultant coma, the words are cold and critical, making it hard to empathize with her.

As you read, she suddenly throws in statements such as "I was married by then," and "I was seeing patients by then." There was no mention up to that point that she was even dating someone, or that she was building a client base. I would think ... Read More

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- An Unquiet Mind
Kay 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 storyline; however, after considering this cycle's role in the illness, one should realize its importance to the very essence of its representation.

Jamison opened my eyes to an aspect of manic-depression that I had never before considered; despite the terrible feelings that "black" episodes of depression induce in those suffering from the illness, they are often reluctant to give up the omnipotent feelings ... Read More

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- Kay Jamisons credentials
I'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.

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- Really Helps to Understand
Like 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 drinking... someone, please set me straight...

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