- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (9 May 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330346512
- ISBN-13: 978-0330346511
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
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- #30 in Books > Biography > Social & Health Issues > Depression & Mental Health
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'The writing is clear and beautiful, the descriptions accurate, the interior world she evokes is furiously alive. In the 16 years since An Unquiet Mind was first published, no greater book about manic depression - or bipolar disorder - has appeared.' --Observer
'An accessible account of a frightening illness we still don't fully understand' --The Herald
'This is a reissue of a powerful account of living with "manic depressive illness" ...a fascinating, harrowing description' --Guardian --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
'An accessible account of a frightening illness we still don't fully understand' --The Herald
'This is a reissue of a powerful account of living with "manic depressive illness" ...a fascinating, harrowing description' --Guardian --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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This work is a personal testimony from Kay Redfield Jamison: the revelation of her struggle with manic depression since adolescence, and how it has shaped her life. The book follows her through college, a love affair, her battle with the illness, bouts of madness, violence and attempted suicide.
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86 of 87 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bipolar 101,
By gekko (Fife, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: An Unquiet Mind (Paperback)
This was the first book I read, on the advice of my psychiatrist, after being diagnosed with bipolar. My life was in shards and this book gave me comfort that I could rebuild it. It also gave me the sense that I was not alone.One year post diagnosis, I re-read it to discover it is somewhat oversimplistic in it's summary of the illness and consequent social, mental and pharmacological effects. It also possibly even over-confident in terms of the return to 'normality' one can hope to achieve, though I admit it is early days for me. But by goodness, I needed it's message then, I still need it today from time to time, when the going gets tough. It is a good book, a good start. Don't make this the only book you read, but please make it one of them.
44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
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After being diagnosed with manic depression (bipolar disorder as it is known these days) I felt like I was desperately flailing around for some support and understanding.
The sad truth is that no matter how good your doctors are or how understanding your family is, you feel as if no one really gets what's happening to you. "An Unquiet Mind" was recommended to me by a fellow manic depressive and listening to her was one of the best moves I've ever made. I was so relieved that someone else had a similar (no one's is ever the same) experience and more importantly had managed to come out the other side !!! What a moment of hope. Without a doubt I would recommend that anyone who has depression of any form, or knows/lives with someone who has depression reads this book. It'll help stop the world from spinning out of control.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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Living with someone who is living with mental illness is not an easy place to be. This book will not stop the roller coaster you sometimes feel you live on, but it will give you insight which might help in coping. with the impact As someone who has lived in this position for 20 years I recommend this book and - for the very darkest days - anything by Dorothy Rowe.
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