Kay Redfield Jamison

Reflection of the Book "An Unquiet Mind" In her book, An Unquiet Mind, Kay Jamison instills an understanding of bipolar disorder from two opposing perspectives. Initially, Jameson tells a tale of herself as a long-term victim of bipolar. It is from her description that a reader is highlighted about the various avenues through which the condition attacks. Besides exploring the disorder as the victim, the book as well depicts Jamison as the healed. That is, she gives an account of her life as an individual

Clinical Case Formulation: Kay Redfield Jamison and Bipolar (Manic-Depressive) Disorder Kay Redfield Jamison is a caucasian female who is a professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University. She is currently 70 years old and published her novel An Unquiet Mind about her bipolar disorder in 1995. Her father was an Air Force officer, who eventually struggled with alcoholism, depression, and anger issues after the family moved to California. Her sister also has struggled with mental illness, likely

The interview with Kay Redfield Jamison about her battle with bipolar disorder and stigma of being labeled “the crazy professor”. She is a psychiatry professor who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after thirty years when she tried to commit suicide. Dr. Jamison is an author of a memoir An Unquiet Mind and her acclaimed book on suicide Night Falls Fast. She is an expert on the condition of bipolar disorder and a patient herself. If someone tells you that you have an illness, and have to take medication

The prologue of An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison opens with Kay running and is with a colleague. She explains that as a child she had multiple mood changes and how she is trying to turn her illness into a beautiful thing. In chapter 1, Kay is playing in the playground when a military jet crashes into a row of trees. Her father shows signs of manic-depression. Kay moves to California with her family where she feels that she has been taken away to a different world. By the age of 17, she has

description of Kay Redfield Jamison’s bipolar disorder as described in her book “Unquiet Mind.” In particular, what factors did she view as helpful in her recovery? Bipolar Disorder is mental illness that includes severe high and low moods with changes in sleep, energy, thinking and behavior. Bipolar disorder is correlated with increased risk for substance-related disorders, weight problems, and impaired social support systems. Approximately one in every hundred people develop bipolar disorder. Kay Redfield

mental illness. Kay Redfield Jamison once struggled with accepting the fact that she was suffering from manic-depressive illness despite the fact that she was trained to make diagnoses on cases just like hers. From a young

“I have found it to be seductively complicated, a distillation both of what is finest in our nature, and of what is most dangerous” (Jamison, 1995, p.5). In “An Unquiet Mind”, Kay Redfield Jameson takes the readers through her experience dealing with manic-depression. Kay was happy and well rounded during her childhood. She developed interest for poetry, school plays, science, and medicine, and was strongly encouraged by her parents. She was surrounded with good friends, a close-knit family, and

Unquiet Mind The DSM-5 presents four broad symptoms for Bipolar I disorder; these symptoms center on intensified mood changes and general mood abnormalities. This disorder, as Kay Redfield Jamison described in her memoir, alters a person’s life dramatically forever. There are significant long-term distortions, which this disorder brings, but in addition and sometimes more importantly, everyday life can be a challenge for most with Bipolar I disorder. As often perceived, Bipolar disorder does not

“Silver Linings Playbook” is an enthralling movie that follows a bipolar character named Pat, who after an eight-month court-mandated hospital sentence, must recuperate and improve his mental health in order to avoid going back to the hospital. Pat struggles immensely with controlling his anger, rapid thoughts, and his emotions. The movie does an excellent job at illustrating the endless personal turmoil an individual with Bipolar disorder struggles with. Additionally, the movie does a fantastic

holds people back from speaking about their condition. It might even cause people go into denial about even having a mental illness. Kay Redfield Jamison once struggled with accepting the fact that she was suffering from manic-depressive illness despite the fact that she was trained to make diagnoses on cases that closely resembled hers. From a young age, Jamison was intrigued by the world of science and medicine. When she was fifteen years old, she was first introduced to the world of psychiatry