num_pages: 224
description: This work is a personal testimony from Kay Redfield Jamison: the revelation of her struggle with manic depression since adolescence, and how it has shaped her life. The book follows her through college, a love affair, her battle with the illness, bouts of madness, violence and attempted suicide.
language: English
title: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
titlecomplete: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
characters: Kay Redfield Jamison
genres: Biography, Science, Health, Mental Illness, Psychology, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Mental Health, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 76068
publisher: Picador