Why did she refuse to acknowledge the obvious? Why didn't she question the "rigid, irrelevant notions of self-reliance" she had been taught?Ĥ. In graduate school, Jamison writes, "Despite the fact that we were being taught how to make clinical diagnoses, I still did not make any connection in my own mind between the problems I had experienced and what was described as manic-depressive illness in the textbooks". What benefits did the conservative military lifestyle led by the Jamisons confer upon the young Kay Jamison? With what disadvantages did that same culture, with its stiff-upper-lip creed, afflict her in her battle with mental illness?ģ. What aspects of Jamison's early life and upbringing helped to provide her with emotional support on which to draw years later?Ģ. "The long and important years of childhood and early adolescence.were to be an extremely powerful amulet, a potent and positive countervailing force against future unhappiness". From her jubilant childhood to the disquiet that has dominated her adult life, she charts a journey through her own mind, and those of others.1. While pursuing her career in medicine, she was affected by the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic lows that afflicted many of her patients. Now, all of a sudden, my mind had turned on me: it mocked me for my vapid enthusiasms it laughed at all of my foolish plans it no longer found anything interesting or enjoyable or worthwhile.ĭr Kay Redfield Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic depression (bipolar disorder) – and has experienced its terrors and cruel allure first-hand. I was used to my mind being my best friend. 'It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty.' – Oliver Sacks With an introduction by Andrew Solomon, writer and lecturer on psychology and culture. A classic memoir of enormous candour and courage, it teems with the wit and wisdom of its writer, Dr Kay Redfield Jamison. An Unquiet Mind is a definitive examination of manic depression from both sides: doctor and patient, the healer and the healed.
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