Kay Redfield Jamison Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Scientists have made extraordinary advances in understanding the brain and its disorders.”

“With grief, you have reason to despair; it's a human thing.”

“Because I teach and write about depression and bipolar illness, I am often asked what is the most important factor in treating bipolar disorder. My answer is competence. Empathy is important, but competence is essential.”

“Several politicians and wives of politicians have been public about their experiences with depression or bipolar illness, including Lawton Chiles, Patrick Kennedy, Tipper Gore and Kitty Dukakis. Each made a tremendous difference by doing so.”

“There is no common standard for education about diagnosis. Distinguishing between bipolar depression and major depressive disorder, for example, can be difficult, and mistakes are common. Misdiagnosis can be lethal. Medications that work well for some forms of depression induce agitation in others.”

“'An Unquiet Mind' wasn't hard to write in terms of the actual writing of it.”

“I say I'm an academic: a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins. And I write.”

“In some cases, some people do get depressed in the middle of their grief, and they really need to be treated for depression.”

“Mania is as bad as it gets. If not treated, it will become worse, more frequent, and harder to treat.”

“There are scientists all around the world looking for the genes responsible for bipolar illness and major depression.”