Kay Redfield Jamison
An international authority and researcher on mood disorders
and a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, Kay
Redfield Jamison has unique insight into the world of mental
illness. She has been there herself. A Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University, Dr.
Jamison shocked her colleagues by going public with her own
struggle with manic-depression in a 1995 Washington Post
article and subsequent book, An Unquiet Mind. The
book became a New York Times bestseller and was cited
by several major publications as one of the best of the
year. According to Oliver Sacks, "It stands alone in the
literature of manic depression for its bravery, billiance,
and beauty."
Since the release of An Unquiet Mind, Dr. Jamison has
become a trusted spokesperson for millions of people who
suffer from mental illness. Audiences describe her lectures
as profound educational experiences. She addresses the
clinical and personal realities of depression and bipolar
disorder in a manner that encourages dialogue, empathy and hope. Her national bestseller, Night Falls Fast: Understanding
Suicide, was chosen by The New York Times as a
"Notable Book of 1999." Jamison, explaining her reasons for
writing the book, said, "I have become increasingly
optimistic about the possibilities of suicide prevention but
deeply frustrated by the lack of public and professional
awareness of the terrible toll it takes." Suicide is the
third leading cause of death in 19 to 24-year olds and,
globally, kills over one million people a year.
Her latest book is Exuberance: The Passion for Life,
an exploration of exuberance and how it fuels our most
important creative and scientific achievements. Jamison completed her undergraduate and graduate work at
UCLA, where she was a National Science Foundation Research
Fellow, a John F. Kennedy Scholar, and UCLA Graduate Woman
of the Year. She became Director of the UCLA Affective
Disorders Clinic, was selected as one of five individuals
for the PBS-TV series Great Minds of Medicine and was chosen
by TIME as a "Hero of Medicine." She also published
Touched With Fire, a groundbreaking study of
manic-depression and creativity. Dr. Jamison has published over 100 articles in academic
journals and has authored or co-authored five books. She is
co-author of the standard medical textbook on
manic-depression, which was chosen in 1990 as the most
outstanding book in Biomedical Sciences by the American
Association of Publishers. Jamison's rigorous yet compassionate approach is an offshoot
of her own journey from suffering to sharing. She offers a
powerful message of hope to those who most need it.
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Series
Books:An Unquiet Mind, January 1997
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