Kay Redfield Jamison

Key Redfield Jamison (1946-) is an American psychiatrist and science writer who is herself affected by Manic Depression, also known as Bipolar Disorder.

"Manic-Depressive Illness" (with Frederick K. Goodwin) is one of the classic textbooks on Bipolar Disorder.

Works include:

• "An Unquiet Mind" (autobiography), ISBN 0679763309 (amazon.com, search)
• "Manic-Depressive Illness" (with Frederick K. Goodwin) ISBN 0195039343 (amazon.com, search)
• "Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament" (1993) (includes a study of Lord Byron's illness), ISBN 068483183X (amazon.com, search)

Link:

• http://www.macfound.org/programs/fel/2001fellows/jamison.htm