Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive illness, also known as “Bi-polar Disorder”. She has experienced it firsthand. While pursuing her career in academia and medicine, she was affected by the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depression that afflicted many of her patients. This book is a personal memoir of candour and courage, wit, humour and expensively won wisdom, which examines manic-depression from the perspectives of both healer and the healed.The British Medical Journal said of the book, ‘A landmark…A vibrant and engaging account of the life, love and experience of a woman, a therapist and academic and a “patient” who can offer much understanding, comfort and inspiration and illumination to both those afflicted by depression and manic-depressive illness and those who want to understand some of the experience’