Touched with Fire

Informationen zum Autor Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, is the bestselling author of An Unquiet Mind , Touched with Fire , and other books. She is a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and has been named a “Hero of Medicine” by Time. Klappentext From the author of the New York Times bestseller, An Unquiet Mind, Touched with Fire is an authoritative look at the relationship between manic-depressive illness and the artistic temperament. Psychiatrist Jamison advocates a restrained, humanistic approach to treatment that does not "cure" the disorder at the expense of artistic inspiration. Zusammenfassung 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.

About the author

Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, is the bestselling author of An Unquiet Mind, Touched with Fire, and other books. She is a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and has been named a “Hero of Medicine” by Time.

Product details

• Authors: JAMISON, Kay Redfield Jamison, Jamison Kay Redfield
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.1994
• EAN: 9780684831831
• ISBN: 978-0-684-83183-1
• No. of pages: 369
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; The arts: general issues, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Bipolar Disorder, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Personality Disorders, Clinical psychology, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Self-help, personal development and practical advice