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3 unusual facts about Kay Redfield Jamison


A Summer in the Cage

The film follows the filmmaker's friend Sam and features an interview with mental health scholar Kay Redfield Jamison.

Kay Redfield Jamison

As a result of Jamison’s military background, she grew up in many different places, including Florida, Puerto Rico, California, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C..

Mood disorder

Kay Redfield Jamison and others have explored the possible links between mood disorders — especially bipolar disorder — and creativity.


Frederick K. Goodwin

With Kay Redfield Jamison, Goodwin wrote Manic-Depressive Illness, the first psychiatric text to win the "Best Medical Book" award from the Association of American Publishers and Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression.


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