Touched with Fire

Author| Kay Redfield Jamison
Language| English
Subject| Creativity and bipolar disorder
Publisher| Free Press
ISBN| 978-0-684-83183-1
OCLC| 85753373

Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament is a book by the American psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison examining the relationship between bipolar disorder and artistic creativity. It contains extensive case studies of historic writers, artists, and composers assessed as probably having had cyclothymia, major depressive disorder, or manic-depressive/bipolar disorder.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Reception
* 2 Cultural references
* 3 See also
* 4 Notes
* 5 References

## Reception

The book has widely been very favourably received.[2][3] It has been the basis for scholarship on the topic of the relationship between bipolar disorder and 'artistic temperament'.[4][5]

## Cultural references

The film of the same name, directed and written by Paul Dalio (who is bipolar), 'draws from' the book and the book is a significant feature in its plot.[6]

## See also

* Creativity and bipolar disorder

## Notes

1. ↑ Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament:1996 page 267
2. ↑ Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament The definitive work on the profound and surprising links between manic-depression and creativity www.goodreads.com, accessed 28 May 2021
3. ↑ Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament 26 May 2020 lothianbipolargroup.org.uk, accessed 28 May 2021
4. ↑ Zaman, R.; Agius, M.; Hankir, A. (March 2011). "Manic-depressive illness and the artistic temperament". European Psychiatry 26 (S2): 261. doi:10.1016/S0924-9338(11)71971-X.
5. ↑ Hankir, A (September 2011). "Review: bipolar disorder and poetic genius". Psychiatria Danubina 23 Suppl 1: S62-8. PMID 21894105.
6. ↑ 'Touched With Fire,' inspired by work of Johns Hopkins psychologist, explores life with bipolar disorder Dec 16, 2015, hub.jhu.edu, accessed 28 May 2021

## References

* Jamison, Kay Redfield (1993): Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, New York, The Free Press. ISBN 0-02-916030-8

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Mood disorder (F30–F39, 296)

History|

* Emil Kraepelin
* Karl Leonhard
* John Cade
* Mogens Schou
* Frederick K. Goodwin
* Kay Redfield Jamison

Symptoms|

* Hallucination
* Delusion
* Emotional dysregulation
* Anhedonia
* Dysphoria
* Suicidal ideation
* Mood swing
* Sleep disorder
* Hypersomnia
* Insomnia
* Psychosis
* Racing thoughts
* Reduced affect display
* Depression (differential diagnoses)

Spectrum|

* Bipolar disorder
* Bipolar I
* Bipolar II
* Cyclothymia
* Bipolar NOS
* Depression
* Major depressive disorder
* Dysthymia
* Seasonal affective disorder
* Atypical depression
* Melancholic depression
* Schizoaffective disorder
* Mania
* Mixed affective state
* Hypomania
* Major depressive episode
* Rapid cycling

Treatment|

| Anticonvulsants|

* Carbamazepine
* Lamotrigine
* Oxcarbazepine
* Valproate
* Sodium valproate
* Valproate semisodium

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Sympathomimetics,
SSRIs & similar|

* Dextroamphetamine
* Methylphenidate
* Bupropion
* Sertraline
* Fluoxetine
* Escitalopram

Other mood stabilizers|

* Antipsychotics
* Lithium
* Lithium carbonate
* Lithium citrate
* Lithium sulfate
* Lithium toxicity
* Atypical antipsychotics

Non-pharmaceutical|

* Clinical psychology
* Electroconvulsive therapy
* Involuntary commitment
* Light therapy
* Psychotherapy
* Transcranial magnetic stimulation
* Cognitive behavioral therapy
* Dialectical behavior therapy

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