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Kay Redfield Jamison

1946 - Today

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Kay Redfield Jamison (born June 22, 1946) is an American clinical psychologist and writer. Her work has centered on bipolar disorder, which she has had since her early adulthood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kay Redfield Jamison has received more than 496,329 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kay Redfield Jamison is the 5,972nd most popular writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Night Falls Fast
Jongeren, Youth, Suicide
1999
Manic-depressive illness
Manic-depressive illness, Bipolar Disorder
2007
Touched with Fire
Manic-depressive illness, Mental health, Artists
1994
An unquiet mind
Biography, Manic-depressive psychoses, Mental health
As a founder of UCLA's Affective Disorder Clinic and a co-author of a standard medical text, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison may be the foremost authority on manic-depressive illness. She is also one of its survivors. And it is this dual perspective -- as healer and healed -- that makes Jamison's memoir so lucid, learned, and profoundly affecting.Even as she was pursuing her psychiatric training, Jamison found herself succumbing to the exhilarating highs and paralyzing lows that afflicted many of her patients. Though the disorder brought her seemingly boundless energy and mercurial creativity, it also propelled her into spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempt at suicide. Powerfully candid, exceptionally wise, An Unquiet Mind is one of those rare books that has the power to transform lives -- and even save them.From the Trade Paperback edition.
1996
Touched with Fire
Creative ability, Mental health, Artists
1996
The Unquiet Mind
1995

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kay Redfield Jamison ranks 5,972 out of 7,302. Before her are Monika Fagerholm, Rói Patursson, Winston Churchill, Walter Lord, Teréz Karacs, and Luisa Valenzuela. After her are Simo Puupponen, Farley Mowat, Michael Parenti, Albert Sánchez Piñol, Tom Brokaw, and Svetlana Makarovič.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Kay Redfield Jamison ranks 661. Before her are Vladimir Tukmakov, Franz Fischler, Léon Krier, Suzanne Ciani, Susan Lucci, and Lars-Emil Johansen. After her are Renzo Eusebi, Petra Burka, Michael Milken, Adolfo Nef, Steven R. Nagel, and Supachai Panitchpakdi.

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