In this 1995 memoir, American clinical psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison recounts her personal experience with bipolar disorder and its impact on her life.

Certain mental health disorders have become so deeply embedded in popular culture that we tend to forget how much they can disrupt the lives of those affected by them.

Formerly known as manic depression, bipolar disorder has become widely known as the mood disorder associated with famous creatives like Virginia Woolf, Stephen Fry, Sting, and Mariah Carey.

Although many of these big names have worked on raising awareness about people's struggles with being bipolar, there is still a lot of social stigma and misunderstanding around the disorder.

Kay Redfield Jamison is an American clinical psychologist and author whose unique professional and personal perspective has helped shed light on what it means to suffer from bipolar disorder.

An Unquiet Mind is Jamison's groundbreaking 1995 memoir, incorporating clinical insights and years of personal struggles with what she prefers to call manic depression.