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• catalog abstract ""The anguished, volatile intensity we associate with the artistic temperament, often described as "a fine madness," has been thought of as a defining aspect of much artistic genius. Now, Kay Jamison's brilliant work, based on years of studies as a clinical psychologist and prominent researcher in mood disorders, reveals that many artists who were subject to alternatingly exultant and then melancholic moods were, in fact, engaged in a lifelong struggle with manic-depressive illness." "Drawing on extraordinary recent advances in genetics, neuroscience, and psychopharmacology, Jamison presents the now incontrovertible proof of the biological foundations of this frequently misunderstood disease, and applies what is known about the illness, and its closely related temperaments, to the lives of some of the world's greatest artists - Byron, van Gogh, Shelley, Poe, Melville, Schumann, Coleridge, Virginia Woolf, Burns, and many others. Byron's life, discussed in considerable detail, is used as a particularly fascinating example of the complex interaction among heredity, mood, temperament, and poetic work." "Jamison reviews the substantial, rapidly accumulating, and remarkably consistent findings from biographic and scientific studies that demonstrate a markedly increased rate of severe mood disorders and suicide in artists, writers, and composers. She then discusses reasons why this link between mania, depression, and artistic creativity might exist." "Manic-depressive illness, a surprisingly common disease, is genetically transmitted. For the first time, the extensive family histories of psychiatric illness and suicide in many writers, artists, and composers are presented. In some instances - for example, Tennyson and Byron - these psychiatric pedigrees are traced back more than 150 years. Jamison discusses the complex ethical and cultural consequences of recent research in genetics, especially as they apply to manic-depressive illness, a disease that almost certainly confers both individual and evolutionary advantage, but often kills and destroys as it does so." "Psychiatric treatment of artists remains a fiercely controversial issue. Dr. Jamison discusses both the advantages and problems with current treatments, and advocates a humanistic, flexible, and yet firmly medical approach. However, she strongly cautions against simplistic attempts to cure this most human and tragic of all diseases at the expense of destroying the artistic personality."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b10184099.
• catalog created "1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
• catalog description ""The anguished, volatile intensity we associate with the artistic temperament, often described as "a fine madness," has been thought of as a defining aspect of much artistic genius. Now, Kay Jamison's brilliant work, based on years of studies as a clinical psychologist and prominent researcher in mood disorders, reveals that many artists who were subject to alternatingly exultant and then melancholic moods were, in fact, engaged in a lifelong struggle with manic-depressive illness." "Drawing on extraordinary recent advances in genetics, neuroscience, and psychopharmacology, Jamison presents the now incontrovertible proof of the biological foundations of this frequently misunderstood disease, and applies what is known about the illness, and its closely related temperaments, to the lives of some of the world's greatest artists - Byron, van Gogh, Shelley, Poe, Melville, Schumann, Coleridge, Virginia Woolf, Burns, and many others. ".
• catalog description "Byron's life, discussed in considerable detail, is used as a particularly fascinating example of the complex interaction among heredity, mood, temperament, and poetic work." "Jamison reviews the substantial, rapidly accumulating, and remarkably consistent findings from biographic and scientific studies that demonstrate a markedly increased rate of severe mood disorders and suicide in artists, writers, and composers. She then discusses reasons why this link between mania, depression, and artistic creativity might exist." "Manic-depressive illness, a surprisingly common disease, is genetically transmitted. For the first time, the extensive family histories of psychiatric illness and suicide in many writers, artists, and composers are presented. In some instances - for example, Tennyson and Byron - these psychiatric pedigrees are traced back more than 150 years. ".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Jamison discusses the complex ethical and cultural consequences of recent research in genetics, especially as they apply to manic-depressive illness, a disease that almost certainly confers both individual and evolutionary advantage, but often kills and destroys as it does so." "Psychiatric treatment of artists remains a fiercely controversial issue. Dr. Jamison discusses both the advantages and problems with current treatments, and advocates a humanistic, flexible, and yet firmly medical approach. However, she strongly cautions against simplistic attempts to cure this most human and tragic of all diseases at the expense of destroying the artistic personality."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "That fine madness: introduction -- Endless nights, fierce fires and shramming cold: manic-depressive illness -- Could it be madness -- this?: controversy and evidence -- Their life a storm whereon they ride: temperament and imagination -- Mind's canker in its savage mood: George Gordon, Lord Byron -- Genealogies of these high mortal miseries: the inheritance of manic-depressive illness -- This net throwne upon the heavens: medicine and the arts -- Diagnostic criteria for the major mood disorders -- Writers, artists, and composers with probable cyclothymia, major depression, or manic-depressive illness.".
• catalog extent "xii, 370 p. :".
• catalog identifier "068483183X".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Free Press Paperbacks,".
• catalog subject "616.89/5/00887 20".
• catalog subject "Art.".
• catalog subject "Artists Mental health.".
• catalog subject "Authors Mental health.".
• catalog subject "Authorship.".
• catalog subject "Bipolar Disorder.".
• catalog subject "Creative ability.".
• catalog subject "Creativeness.".
• catalog subject "Genius and mental illness.".
• catalog subject "Manic-depressive illness.".
• catalog subject "RC516 .J36 1996".
• catalog subject "WM 207 J32t 1996".
• catalog tableOfContents "That fine madness: introduction -- Endless nights, fierce fires and shramming cold: manic-depressive illness -- Could it be madness -- this?: controversy and evidence -- Their life a storm whereon they ride: temperament and imagination -- Mind's canker in its savage mood: George Gordon, Lord Byron -- Genealogies of these high mortal miseries: the inheritance of manic-depressive illness -- This net throwne upon the heavens: medicine and the arts -- Diagnostic criteria for the major mood disorders -- Writers, artists, and composers with probable cyclothymia, major depression, or manic-depressive illness.".
• catalog title "Touched with fire : manic-depressive illness and the artistic temperament / Kay Redfield Jamison.".
• catalog type "text".