Books like Manic by Terri Cheney

xxxv, 338 pages ; 21 cm

From Kay Redfield Jamison - an international authority on manic-depressive illness, and one of the few women who are full professors of medicine at American universities - a remarkable personal testimony: the revelation of her own struggle since adolescence with manic-depression, and how it has shaped her life. Vividly, directly, with candor, wit, and simplicity, she takes us into the fascinating and dangerous territory of this form of madness - a world in which one pole can be the alluring dark land ruled by what Byron called the "melancholy star of the imagination," and the other a desert of depression and, all too frequently, death. A moving and exhilarating memoir by a woman whose furious determination to learn the enemy, to use her gifts of intellect to make a difference, led her to become, by the time she was forty, a world authority on manic-depression, and whose work has helped save countless lives.

Jane Phillips turns a suicide note into a powerful memoir, charting her daily life with Multiple Personality Disorder and her decade‑long partnership with a therapist to uncover painful memories and achieve unity.

Jaime Lowe’s memoir chronicles two decades of living with bipolar disorder, while tracing the science, history, and debate surrounding lithium as a life‑saving treatment.

Terri Cheney’s memoir chronicles her awakening to and lived experience of bipolar disorder, offering an eloquent, candid account of mental illness and its impact on her life.

278 pages : 24 cm

Lizzie Simon’s memoir chronicles her 1999 road trip across the United States, interviewing young people with manic–depressive illness. It blends her own experiences with personal narratives of others living with bipolar disorder.