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Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire

A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character

By: Kay R. Jamison,Thomas A. Traill

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Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire

A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character

By: Kay R. Jamison,Thomas A. Traill

In his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry, Robert Lowell (1917-1977) put his manic-depressive illness into the public domain. Now Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison brings her expertise to bear on his story, illuminating the relationship between bipolar illness and creativity, and examining how Lowell's illness and the treatment he received came to bear on his work"--

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Knopf

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0307700275

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9780307700278

Nothing Was the Same

A Memoir

By: Kay Redfield Jamison

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Nothing Was the Same

A Memoir

By: Kay Redfield Jamison

A penetrating psychological study of grief viewed from deep inside the experience itself—from the national bestselling author of Unquiet Mind. Kay Redfield Jamison, award-winning professor and writer, changed the way we think about moods and madness. Now Jamison uses her characteristic honesty, wit and eloquence to look back at her relationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientist who died of cancer.

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226

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Vintage

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0307277895

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9780307277893

Exuberance

The Passion for Life

By: Kay Redfield Jamison

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Exuberance

The Passion for Life

By: Kay Redfield Jamison

A national bestselling author examines one of the mind's most exalted states—one that is crucially important to learning, risk-taking, social cohesiveness, and survival itself. “[Jamison is] that rare writer who can offer a kind of unified field theory of science and art.” —The Washington Post Book World With the same grace and breadth of learning she brought to her studies of the mind’s pathologies, Kay Redfield Jamison examines one of its most exalted states: exuberance. This “abounding, ebullient, effervescent emotion” manifests itself everywhere from child’s play to scientific breakthrough. Exuberance: The Passion for Life introduces us to such notably irrepressible types as Teddy Roosevelt, John Muir, and Richard Feynman, as well as Peter Pan, dancing porcupines, and Charles Schulz’s Snoopy. It explores whether exuberance can be inherited, parses its neurochemical grammar, and documents the methods people have used to stimulate it. The resulting book is an irresistible fusion of science and soul.

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Vintage

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0375701486

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9780375701481

Manic-Depressive Illness

Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression

By: Frederick K. Goodwin,Kay Redfield Jamison

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Manic-Depressive Illness

Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression

By: Frederick K. Goodwin,Kay Redfield Jamison

The revolution in psychiatry that began in earnest in the 1960s led to dramatic advances in the understanding and treatment of manic-depressive illness. Hailed as the most outstanding book in the biomedical sciences when it was originally published in 1990, Manic-Depressive Illness was the first to survey this massive body of evidence comprehensively and to assess its meaning for both clinician and scientist. It also vividly portrayed the experience of manic-depressive illness from the perspective of patients, their doctors, and researchers. Encompassing an understanding about the illness as Kraeplin conceived of it- about its cyclical course and about the essential unity of its bipolar and recurrent unipolar forms- the book has become the definitive work on the topic, revered by both specialists and nonspecialists alike. Now, in this magnificent second edition, Drs. Frederick Goodwin and Kay Redfield Jamison bring their unique contribution to mental health science into the 21st century. In collaboration with a team of other leading scientists, a collaboration designed to preserve the unified voice of the two authors, they exhaustively review the biological and genetic literature that has dominated the field in recent years and incorporate cutting-edge research conducted since publication of the first edition. They also update their surveys of psychological and epidemiological evidence, as well as that pertaining to diagnostic issues, course, and outcome, and they offer practical guidelines for differential diagnosis and clinical management. The medical treatment of manic and depressive episodes is described, strategies for preventing future episodes are given in detail, and psychotherapeutic issues common in this illness are considered. Special emphasis is given to fostering compliance with medication regimens and treating patients who abuse drugs and alcohol or who pose a risk of suicide. This book, unique in the way that it retains the distinct perspective of its authors while assuring the maximum in-depth coverage of a vastly expanded base of scientific knowledge, will be a valuable and necessary addition to the libraries of psychiatrists and other physicians, psychologists, clinical social workers, neuroscientists, pharmacologists, and the patients and families who live with manic-depressive illness.

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1290

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Oxford University Press

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0199743738

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9780199743735

Nothing was the Same

A Memoir

By: Kay R. Jamison

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Nothing was the Same

A Memoir

By: Kay R. Jamison

From the internationally acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind, comes a haunting meditation on mortality, grief, and loss.Perhaps no one but Kay Jamison - who combines the acute perceptions of a psychologist with writerly elegance and passion - could bring such a delicate touch to the subject of losing a spouse to cancer. In spare and at times strikingly lyrical prose, Jamison looks back at her relationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientist who battled severe dyslexia to become one of the foremost experts on schizophrenia. And with characteristic honesty, she describes his slow surrender to cancer, her own struggle with overpowering grief, and her efforts to distinguish grief from depression.But she also recalls the joy that Richard brought her during the nearly twenty years they had together. Wryly humorous anecdotes mingle with bittersweet memories of a relationship that was passionate and loving - if troubled on occasion by her manic depression - as Jamison reveals the ways in which Richard taught her to live fully through his courage and grace.A penetrating study of grief viewed from deep inside the experience itself, Nothing Was the Same is also a deeply moving memoir by a superb writer.

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Scribe Publications

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1921640081

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9781921640087

An Unquiet Mind

A Memoir of Moods and Madness

By: Kay Redfield Jamison

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An Unquiet Mind

A Memoir of Moods and Madness

By: Kay Redfield Jamison

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide. Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.

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237

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Vintage

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0679763309

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9780679763307

Exuberance

The Passion for Life

By: Kay Redfield Jamison

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The Passion for Life

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Manic-depressive Illness

By: Frederick K. Goodwin,Kay R. Jamison

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Manic-depressive Illness

By: Frederick K. Goodwin,Kay R. Jamison

Medical treatment of acute bipolar depression p. 630-664.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195039343

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Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire

A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character

By: Kay R. Jamison,Thomas A. Traill

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A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character

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Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire

Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire

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Nothing Was the Same

Exuberance

Exuberance

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Manic-Depressive Illness

Nothing was the Same

Nothing was the Same

An Unquiet Mind

An Unquiet Mind

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Manic-depressive Illness

Manic-depressive Illness

Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire

Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire

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