Kay Redfield Jamison
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Kay Redfield Jamison is a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University and co-director of its Mood Disorders Center. She has written about bipolar disorder from both professional and personal perspectives. [1]
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Jamison is the Dalio Professor in Mood Disorders and a professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She co-wrote Manic-Depressive Illness. Her other books include An Unquiet Mind, Touched with Fire, Night Falls Fast and Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire. [1]
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Johns Hopkins MedicineKay Redfield Jamison faculty profile Lists Jamison's academic positions, books and professional background.
profile or biographyJohns Hopkins MedicineWomen in Psychiatry Leadership Covers Jamison's career, bipolar disorder and An Unquiet Mind.
article or webpagePBS / Healthy MindsBipolar Disorder: A Conversation with Kay Redfield Jamison, Part 1 Jamison discusses her first symptoms, diagnosis, mania, depression, psychosis and early treatment.
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PBS / Healthy MindsPart 2 Jamison discusses lithium, her suicide attempt, long-term treatment and her views on bipolar disorder.
videoFresh AirKay Redfield Jamison Jamison discusses her own manic symptoms, including impulsive spending.
podcast or transcriptBaltimore MagazineConversation with Kay Redfield Jamison Jamison discusses speaking publicly, stigma and discrimination.
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Recommended books and other resources about Kay Redfield Jamison and their experiences.
- An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and MadnessBook · Penguin Random House
Jamison’s account of mania, depression, treatment, suicide risk and her professional life.
- Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic TemperamentBook · Google Books
Jamison explores the relationship between mood disorders and artistic creativity.
- Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet MindBook · Google Books
Jamison combines professional experience and personal reflection in an exploration of psychotherapy, suffering and healing.