An Unquiet Mind
A psychiatrist recounts her experience of severe mood illness, the difficulty of accepting lithium, and the support that helped her live and practice medicine.
15 parts, about 23 minutes to read.
At a glance
- Author
- Kay Redfield Jamison
- Parts
- 15 parts
- Reading time
- about 23 minutes
- The whole book
- Also to read in full
What the summary covers
- Prologue1 min
- Into the Sun3 min
- An Education for Life2 min
- Flights of the Mind3 min
- Missing Saturn2 min
- The Charnel House2 min
- Tenure1 min
- An Officer and a Gentleman1 min
- They Tell Me It Rained1 min
- Love Watching Madness1 min
- Speaking of Madness1 min
- The Troubled Helix2 min
- Clinical Privileges1 min
- A Life in Moods1 min
- Epilogue1 min
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