Examining manic depression from the side of both doctor and patient, both healer and the healed, An Unquiet Mind is a memoir of enormous candour, courage,wit and wisdom. Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic depression. She has also experienced it firsthand - because even while she was pursuing her career in medicine, she was affected by the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic lows that afflicted many of her patients.