{"product_id":"touched-with-fire-manic-depressive-illness-and-the-artistic-temperament-by-kay-redfield-jamison","title":"Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament by Kay Redfield Jamison","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive work on the profound and surprising links between manic-depression and creativity, from the bestselling psychologist of bipolar disorders who wrote\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Unquiet Mind\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the foremost psychologists in America, \"Kay Jamison is plainly among the few who have a profound understanding of the relationship that exists between art and madness\" (William Styron).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe anguished and volatile intensity associated with the artistic temperament was once thought to be a symptom of genius or eccentricity peculiar to artists, writers, and musicians. Her work, based on her study as a clinical psychologist and researcher in mood disorders, reveals that many artists subject to exalted highs and despairing lows were in fact engaged in a struggle with clinically identifiable manic-depressive illness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJamison presents proof of the biological foundations of this disease and applies what is known about the illness to the lives and works of some of the world's greatest artists including Lord Byron, Vincent Van Gogh, and Virginia Woolf.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKay Redfield Jamison\u003c\/strong\u003e, PhD, is the bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Unquiet Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTouched with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eOctober 18, 1996\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.92\" H x 8.42\" L x 5.52\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e384 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273637982394,"sku":"9780684831831","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/91FVF39qtVL._SL1500.jpg?v=1728596941","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/touched-with-fire-manic-depressive-illness-and-the-artistic-temperament-by-kay-redfield-jamison","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}