Best Selling Books 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.

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.

The definitive work on the profound and surprising links between manic-depression and creativity, from the bestselling psychologist of bipolar disorders who wrote An Unquiet Mind. One of the foremost psychologists in America, “Kay Jamison is plainly among the few who have a profound understanding of the relationship that exists between art and madness” (William Styron). The anguished and volatile intensity associated with the artistic temperament was once thought to be a symptom of genius or eccentricity peculiar to artists, writers, and musicians. Her work, based on her study as a clinical psychologist and researcher in mood disorders, reveals that many artists subject to exalted highs and despairing lows were in fact engaged in a struggle with clinically identifiable manic-depressive illness. Jamison presents proof of the biological foundations of this disease and applies what is known about the illness to the lives and works of some of the world''s greatest artists including Lord Byron, Vincent Van Gogh, and Virginia Woolf.

Critical reading for parents, educators, and anyone wanting to understand the tragic epidemic of suicide—”a powerful book [that] will change people''s lives—and, doubtless, save a few" (Newsday). The first major book in a quarter century on suicide—and its terrible pull on the young in particular—Night Falls Fast is tragically timely: suicide has become one of the most common killers of Americans between the ages of fifteen and forty-five. From the author of the best-selling memoir, An Unquiet Mind—and an internationally acknowledged authority on depression—Dr. Jamison has also known suicide firsthand: after years of struggling with manic-depression, she tried at age twenty-eight to kill herself. Weaving together a historical and scientific exploration of the subject with personal essays on individual suicides, she brings not only her remarkable compassion and literary skill but also all of her knowledge and research to bear on this devastating problem. This is a book that helps us to understand the suicidal mind, to recognize and come to the aid of those at risk, and to comprehend the profound effects on those left behind.

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.

The acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychological pain and the role of the exceptional healer in the journey back to health. “To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal.” In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of mental suffering, Kay Jamison writes about psychotherapy, what makes a great healer, and the role of imagination and memory in regenerating the mind. From the trauma of the battlefields of the twentieth century, to those who are grieving, depressed, or with otherwise unquiet minds, to her own experience with bipolar illness, Jamison demonstrates how remarkable psychotherapy and other treatments can be when done well. She argues that not only patients but doctors must be healed. She draws on the example of W.H.R. Rivers, the renowned psychiatrist who treated poet Siegfried Sassoon and other World War I soldiers, and discusses the long history of physical treatments for mental illness, as well as the ancient and modern importance of religion, ritual, and myth in healing the mind. She looks at the vital role of artists and writers, as well as exemplary figures, such as Paul Robeson, who have helped to heal us as a people. Fires in the Dark is a beautiful meditation on the quest and adventure of healing the mind, on the power of accompaniment, and the necessity for knowledge.

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.

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • In this magisterial study of the relationship between illness and art, the best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison, brings an entirely fresh understanding to the work and life of Robert Lowell (1917-1977), whose intense, complex, and personal verse left a lasting mark on the English language and changed the public discourse about private matters. In his poetry, Lowell put his manic-depressive illness (now known as bipolar disorder) into the public domain, and in the process created a new and arresting language for madness. Here Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison brings her expertise in mood disorders to bear on Lowell’s story, illuminating not only the relationships between mania, depression, and creativity but also how Lowell’s illness and treatment influenced his work (and often became its subject). A bold, sympathetic account of a poet who was—both despite and because of mental illness—a passionate, original observer of the human condition.

The latest revised edition celebrating the 25th anniversary of Chinese publication, with a new preface by the author John. Hopkins University bipolar disorder authority Kay. Dr. Jamieson''s Love Letter to the Bright and Deep Soul My soul is sliding on thin ice... She seems to have an extra soul than others. Sometimes it is as bright and bright as spring and full of dreams; sometimes it seems like falling into hell, depressed and panicked. Would rather end his life. She is a doctor of clinical psychology and an authority on bipolar disorder. Just three months after becoming a university professor, she went crazy... Bipolar disorder is both destructive and creative.

Testemunho pessoal de Kay Redfield Jamison, autoridade internacional em doença maníaco-depressiva e uma das poucas mulheres catedráticas de medicina em universidades norte-americanas. A obra é a revelação da sua própria luta, desde a adolescência, com a doença, e de como a doença moldou sua vida.

Dr. Jamison ist eine der führenden Experten auf dem Fachgebiet der bipolaren Störung – und kennt diese aus eigener Erfahrung. Zu Beginn ihrer Karriere als akademische Medizinerin erkannte sie, dass sie selbst die gleichen rauschhaften Höhenflüge und depressiven Tiefen durchlebte wie viele ihrer Patienten. Diese Krankheit trieb sie mal in den ruinösen Kaufrausch, mal in gewalttätige Phasen und schließlich in einen Selbstmordversuch. In diesem Buch beschreibt Jamison die bipolare Störung aus zwei Sichtweisen – der der Heilerin und der Geheilten. Meine ruhelose Seele besticht durch Offenheit, Ehrlichkeit und Weisheit. Ein kraftvolles Buch mit dem Potenzial, Leben zu retten und zu verändern.

☆中文出版二十五週年最新修訂版，新增作者序言 約翰．霍普金斯大學躁鬱症權威凱．傑米森博士 獻給璀璨深邃心靈的情書 我的心靈 在薄冰上滑行…… 她似乎比別人多了一副靈魂， 有時如春天般明朗亮麗而充滿夢想； 有時又似墜入地獄， 抑鬱恐慌而寧願結束自己的生命。 她是臨床心理博士，是躁鬱症權威， 就在擔任大學教授三個月後， 她，瘋狂了…… 躁鬱兼具毀滅和創造之矛盾，濃縮了人性中最精緻及最危險的特質。為了和病魔抗爭，我必須認識它所有的面貌和無窮的偽裝，了解它真正及被想像出來的力量…… ──凱．傑米森 她的世界曾是那麼精力充沛，教她心喜若狂。轉眼才一瞬間，思緒完全逆轉，她不再對事物起任何興趣，沮喪、焦躁大量湧現，生活如脫韁野馬般失去控制，感受淹沒了她，她不明白到底哪些感覺才是真的？ 身為精神醫學界國際知名的頂尖學者，她卻因躁鬱夢魘陷入情緒之苦。在專業醫術與隱藏病情之間，她選擇坦誠面對，將自己與躁鬱症奮戰三十年的內心煎熬一一敘說。書中文字時而透出濃濃愁緒，讓人感受病情的激烈凶猛；時而出現淡淡哀傷，讓人體悟生命的複雜無常。 光明處幾乎都有陰暗面， 而黯淡或病態處，也總會有較為光明的一面。 我相信， 躁鬱症使我感受更深，體會更為強烈， 愛得更多，也接受更多的愛； 更常哭泣，因而較常歡笑； 曾經歷所有冬天，而更能欣賞春天； 擁抱死亡，因而更了解生命的意義； 看到人類最良善和最恐怖的一面， 並且慢慢學習關心、忠誠和度過難關的價值。 ──凱．傑米森 各界推薦 曾經在牛津版《躁鬱症》一書，對其中一章探討該病和領導能力與創造力之關係，感到印象深刻；直到《躁鬱之心》出版，才知道這位著名的女精神醫學教授，原來也是躁鬱患者。做為一位精神醫學界的國際知名學者，她其實是可以不用說出自己的種種隱私，而避開各種質疑或同情的眼神；只是，她做到了，而且是以赤裸裸的坦誠做到的。──王浩威 精神科醫師、作家 心理健康的人，有三項條件，其中之一便是承認自己有麻煩，吐靈真情，懂得面對。同為臨床心理工作者，我覺得作者的勇氣可嘉。它提供一般人一種「自我心理治療」的新觀念。衝破幽暗，迎接靈醒，別忘了還有一帖重要且有效的藥，它的名字叫「自己」。──游乾桂 心理師、作家 從第一頁起，我便為這本書深深地吸引。《躁鬱之心》所透露出的勇氣、智慧與美妙，使其在躁鬱症方面的文學作品中，獨樹一格。──奧利佛．薩克斯 神經科醫師、作家 一個充滿勇氣的靈魂，不斷來回於高度亢奮和麻木境地的低潮之間……本書對此做了最栩栩如生的描繪。──吉姆．華生 DNA分子結構發現者，諾貝爾醫學獎得主 這是一本極具價值的躁鬱症回憶錄，同時有著豐富的醫學知識、深沉的人性，以及優美的寫作技巧……有時像詩，有時直率，但永遠是誠實無欺的。──《紐約時報》書評 傑米森坦白地以她的疾病、她的生命，以及她的聰明才智，傳達其中的歡愉和憤怒……確實傑出無比！──《華盛頓郵報》書評 激起了詩般神祕的觸動……一本勇敢且迷人的書，也是一位傑出女性生命中動人的一段。──倫敦《每日電訊報》 動人的、誠實的、感人的、流動的、感知的，而且經常是滿懷熱情的。──威爾．沙爾夫 倫敦《觀察者報》 非常令人驚喜地，作者避開了深奧的專業術語，釐清了令人難懂的精神病學理論與實務，以熾熱、感性及真實，創造出心理經驗的毀滅與得意、明亮與晦暗。──倫敦《泰晤士報》 詩樣的筆調，動人的情緒……一個受完整訓練的專家，對於精神疾病獨特而具洞察力的自我剖析。──《時代雜誌》 完全地坦承……傑米森文學式的告白，是「勇氣」的最佳標竿。──《時人雜誌》 這是我讀過有關情緒方面最受感動的一本書。──威廉．斯費爾 《紐約時報雜誌》 卓然出眾……《躁鬱之心》值得一讀！──《新英格蘭醫學月刊》 作者簡介 凱．傑米森 Kay Redfield Jamison 約翰．霍普金斯大學醫學院達利歐家族情緒障礙講座教授（Dalio Family Professor in Mood Disorders）暨精神醫學教授。她是約翰．霍普金斯情緒障礙中心副主任及全國憂鬱症中心網絡（National Network of Depression Centers）董事會成員。 她也是蘇格蘭聖安德魯斯大學榮譽文學教授，出版多本暢銷書，包括《夜，驟然而降》（Night Falls Fast）、《瘋狂天才》（Touched With Fire）、《熱情洋溢》（Exuberance）以及《一切都已不再》（Nothing Was the Same）。 傑米森醫師是權威精神醫學教科書《躁鬱症：雙相情緒障礙及復發型憂鬱症》（Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression）的共同作者，榮獲許多全美和國際文學和科學獎項，包括麥克阿瑟獎（MacArthur Award）。 她在2010年與約翰．霍普金斯醫學院醫學教授、心臟科專科醫師湯馬斯．崔爾（Thomas Traill）結婚。 譯者簡介 李欣容 台大中文系畢業，美國蒙特瑞國際研究學院翻譯暨口譯研究所碩士，現從事公職。

" Il y a une souffrance, une jubilation, une solitude et une terreur propres à la folie maniaco-dépressive. Dans les envolées, c''est fantastique. Les idées et les émotions fusent à la vitesse des étoiles filantes. Et puis soudain tout change. La lucidité fait place à une confusion accablante..., on devient irritable, mauvais, craintif, insupportable, totalement égaré dans les plus sombres cavernes de l''esprit. Et cela n''a pas de fin, la folie creusant elle-même sa propre demeure. " Psychiatre de renom, elle-même atteinte par cette maladie particulière qui conduit de l''exaltation à la dépression, Kay Redfield Jamison donne ici un témoignage unique de vérité et de justesse. Elle raconte son parcours, les moments de folie et les éclairs de lucidité, elle révèle sa lutte contre la maladie depuis l''adolescence et en quoi ses troubles ont conditionné toute sa vie, jusqu''à sa carrière elle-même. " Le livre de Kay Redfield Jamison s''est emparé de moi dès les premières pages. Il est unique dans la littérature sur la maniaco-dépression par son courage, son éclat, sa beauté " (Oliver Sacks, auteur de L''Homme qui prenait sa femme pour un chapeau).