Focus on 'An Unquiet Mind'

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In this article, the writer focuses on 'An Unquiet Mind' by Kay Redfield Jamison. The writer points out that the author is a professor of psychiatry and psychiatric disorders at the highly esteemed John Hopkins School of Medicine, and that in 'An Unquiet Mind' she recounts her own experiences with what she refers to as a manic depressive illness. The writer discusses that patients suffering from manic depression tend to experience polarized behaviors, through which they experience wild swings in emotion.

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"Forms of psychopathology within the adult can manifest in a myriad of ways. The impact that a mental illness or disorder can have upon the afflicted individual can take a wide range, and even the same type of affliction can affect different patients in different ways. This places a key emphasis upon focusing on the disorder within the context of the patient, as opposed to treating the disease according to standard or textbook care. This paper shall provide a literature review of Kay Redfield Jamison's 'An Unquiet Mind' (1995)."

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