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Fires in the dark : healing the unquiet mind / Kay Redfield Jamison.
The acclaimed author of The Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychic pain and the role of the gifted healer in the journey back to health. "To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal." In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of suffering, Kay Jamison writes about what makes an effective healer, and the role of imagination and memory in the regeneration of the mind. From the trauma of the bloodiest battlefields of the twentieth century to her own experience with bipolar disease, Jamison demonstrates how extraordinary psychotherapy can be when administered properly and explores the clinical reality that healing the mind requires, for both doctor and patient. She draws on the cases of W.H.R. Rivers, the renowned doctor who treated shell-shocked WWI soldiers, on the long history of physical treatments for mental distress and the ancient role of religion and myth in healing, and she looks at the heroic figures in our artistic culture who have healed us as a people, such as Paul Robeson. Fires in the Dark is a beautiful meditation on the quest and adventure of true healing.
Record details
- ISBN: 0525657177
- ISBN: 1984898205
- ISBN: 9780525657170
- ISBN: 9781984898203
- Physical Description: x, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-359) and index. |
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| Subject: | Jamison, Kay R. Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919. Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922. Mental illness > Treatment > History. Psychotherapy > History > 20th century. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker County Library | 616.8914 .J32f 2023 (Text) | 37814003681559 | NON-FICTION - NEW | Available | - |
