Symposium Keynote: Kay Redfield Jamison

Keynote presentation by Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison at the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Mental Health Research Symposium in October, 2014 in New York City.

[@ShalomFreedman]

I want to thank you for helping me understand in a better way the most influential person I have known, my father. You are a gift to all of us who have witnessed incredible suffering beyond our understanding.

[@Scorned405]

I love all your books Kay. Your a great writer too

[@Dreamer-op2uh]

I cried hard while reading An Unquiet Mind because I understood myself. Now I am more accepting and adapting to my illness. Thank you

[@maritzanunez8045]

Read Unquiet Mind 3 times.would do almost anything to meet you! Thinking of getting ECT soon bec depression is so out of control that it is drowning both me and my family. You are my hero. I only wish I had half your strength and wisdom. I will continue to watch you speak and read your books to ward off my suicide spells. Thank you!

[@wondergirlnewyork]

Kay Redfield Jamison, you really are such a rare, thoughtful + wonderful gift to the world. The last bit about the little boy & the bugs bunny goodluck chain... profoundly moving.

[@saalllmmmmaaaa]

im literally crying about the bugs bunny charm. she is so amazing and kind

[@dru9184]

Thank you so very much. Your presentation was so informative and useful to understand issues of bipolar disorder. Bless you!

[@ZadenZane]

She's written some great books. "Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament" is really good. Also the giant tome she coauthored with Frederick K Goodwin, "Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression" is for good reason considered the classic textbook on the subject.

[@jesusbermudez6775]

I lectured in C++ under full blown mania. No one has done this. None of the 20 students in the class noticed. I then stopped the full blown mania by looking at a mirror and saying to myself "calm down, calm down" Again no has stopped a full blown mania in this way. I am the only one. I am a extremely special man.

[@gabrieljames3041]

Got a Jesus complex much. Must have been manic when writing this comment. Best luck to you, honesty with self is the first step. Or perhaps, an attempt at humor.

[@ferrisbueler711]

i hope i can afford to buy some envelops from the bookstore today

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took you into their arms

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sure they are

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im in burlington

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then why would it be different shopping on Church street in burlington

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would you ask someone how they are doing in Beverly Hills shopping on rodeo drive

[@ferrisbueler711]

i am running out of people to talk to in the USA

[@Fast-e-Learning]

will Kay Redfield Jamison reveal the status of her kidneys and other possibly affected organs? I ask because she is the spokeswoman for lithium, and i don't have her money to pay for the medical complications if i do what she does

[@Dreamer-op2uh]

Lithium is no longer used. There are more advanced medicines. It is a very old medicine 60 years ago!!

[@ferrisbueler711]

many of the people on college campuses getting paychecks for maintenance seem to bee out of place or there for a paycheck and small talk

[@Scorned405]

Exactly science should prevail. Tell that to the Republicans

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the college bookstore

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normal to us

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who is the imposter

[@ferrisbueler711]

the lull makes me sleepy toward the end you refer to them as students they mite bee teenagers that are low word count

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i have 4 envelops

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antiWASP

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they werent so dumb in america were they

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WASP on youtube