Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Una mente inquieta by Kay Redfield Jamison, Elena Campominosi

27 reviews

kelshenka's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

An important book for anyone who works with people who have a mood disorder. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

littleseal's review against another edition

This has been on my to-read list for years, both as a therapist and a daughter of a mother who has bipolar disorder. 

Thank you for being vulnerable. Obviously some of the information Kay wrote is outdated now, but it's still a very intense look into psychology during the 70s/80s, as well as someone struggling with what was then-called manic-depressive disorder.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Cursing, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Medical content, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

lepilob's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

I really loved this, and it was super cool& interesting to see mania from the perspective of not only someone w more experience in the field, but somebody who experienced it as an adult, rather than starting in young childhood. I loved the way she wrote, though at times I struggled, and it was just beautiful all around 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Suicide attempt

stephg95's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Empathetic, informative and to the point. A very well written memoir that never drags despite the heavy subject matter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

lxxh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

junji_ito_hoe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

sapphire_mayo's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

kaiyapieya's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Ableism

elisadeth's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide and Death

priscillarobock's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness