Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Una mente inquieta by Kay Redfield Jamison, Elena Campominosi

4 reviews

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 Obviously some of the information Kay wrote is outdated now, but it's still a very intense look into psychology during the 70s/80s, as well as someone struggling with what was then-called manic-depressive disorder.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

_kayla_marie_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

This book did a really good job at explaining and helping me to understand manic depressive disorder. Many things I would have orignally thought to be schizophrenia can also present in people as mania (which I never fully understood until now) and psychosis isn't just exclusive to schizophrenia and unresolved trauma. It was a very interesting read. Slightly hard to follow at times, but really helped to shed light on a very serious mental disorder if it's left untreated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Grief

tetedump's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Medical content, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Mental illness

froggy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Ableism, Suicide, Medical trauma, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, and Drug abuse