Kay Redfield Jamison
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Kay Redfield Jamison (born June 22, 1946) is an American professor of psychiatry and writer who is one of the foremost experts on bipolar disorder, which she herself suffers from. She is best known for her non-fiction book Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament (1993) which includes a study of Lord Byron's illness), ISBN 0-684-83183-X
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Jamison's works include:
- An Unquiet Mind (1995) (autobiography), ISBN 0-679-76330-9
- Manic-Depressive Illness (1990) (with Frederick K. Goodwin), ISBN 0-19-503934-3
- Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament (1993) (includes a study of Lord Byron's illness), ISBN 0-684-83183-X
- Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide (1999), ISBN 0-375-70147-8
- Exuberance: The Passion for Life (2004), ISBN 0-375-40144-X
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