From the author of the New York Times bestseller, An Unquiet Mind, Touched with Fire is an authoritative look at the relationship between manic-depressive illness and the artistic temperament. Psychiatrist Jamison advocates a restrained, humanistic approach to treatment that does not "cure" the disorder at the expense of artistic inspiration.

埃尔温·薛定谔(德语：Erwin Schrödinger, 1887年8月12日——1961年1月4日)，著名的奥地利理论物理学家，量子力学的重要奠基人之一，同时在固体比热、统计热力学、原子光谱等方面享有成就。1926年他提出薛定谔方程，为量子力学奠定了坚实的基础。他想出薛定谔猫思想实验，试图证明量子力学在宏观条件下的不完备性。1933年因薛定谔方程获诺贝尔物理学奖。

埃尔温·薛定谔(德语：Erwin Schrödinger, 1887年8月12日——1961年1月4日)，著名的奥地利理论物理学家，量子力学的重要奠基人之一，同时在固体比热、统计热力学、原子光谱等方面享有成就。1926年他提出薛定谔方程，为量子力学奠定了坚实的基础。他想出薛定谔猫思想实验，试图证明量子力学在宏观条件下的不完备性。1933年因薛定谔方程获诺贝尔物理学奖。

本书繁体中文版介绍： 躁鬱症是一種很奇特的疾病，使一個人的情緒擺盪在狂躁與憂鬱的兩極之間。《躁鬱奇才：不凡創造力的背後》一書，作者藉由研究貝多芬、狄更斯、牛頓與梵谷這四位天才的一生，來了解躁鬱症在他們生命中所扮演的角色，精彩的呈現精神病理如何深深地影響他們的創造發明與生命歷程。 誠如本書作者所言，人類的心智與精神狀態是由大腦細胞的狀況與大腦的化學狀態所決定，在精神疾病治療的第三波革命的此世代，精神疾病患者並非相對於正常人的另一類族群，而是能夠經由精神藥物治療獲得改善的一般人。過去許多研究創造力的專家學者對於精神病態與創造力之間是否具有關聯這個議題相當感興趣。目前已有研究顯示，患有躁鬱症或是有其前兆的孩童在創造力的得分比一般孩童的得分顯著的高。此外，許多著名的藝術家、音樂家、作家、科學家等具有創造力的人也都被診斷出患有躁鬱症，除了本書所提的四位天才之外...(展开全部)

What is at stake in literature? Can we identify the fire that our stories have lost, but that they strive, at all costs, to rediscover? And what is the philosopher's stone that writers, with the passion of alchemists, struggle to forge in their word furnaces? For Giorgio Agamben, who suggests that the parable is the secret model of all narrative, every act of creation tenacious...(展开全部)

What is at stake in literature? Can we identify the fire that our stories have lost, but that they strive, at all costs, to rediscover? And what is the philosopher's stone that writers, with the passion of alchemists, struggle to forge in their word furnaces? For Giorgio Agamben, who suggests that the parable is the secret model of all narrative, every act of creation tenacious...(展开全部)

What is at stake in literature? Can we identify the fire that our stories have lost, but that they strive, at all costs, to rediscover? And what is the philosopher's stone that writers, with the passion of alchemists, struggle to forge in their word furnaces? For Giorgio Agamben, who suggests that the parable is the secret model of all narrative, every act of creation tenacious...(展开全部)

What is at stake in literature? Can we identify the fire that our stories have lost, but that they strive, at all costs, to rediscover? And what is the philosopher's stone that writers, with the passion of alchemists, struggle to forge in their word furnaces? For Giorgio Agamben, who suggests that the parable is the secret model of all narrative, every act of creation tenacious...(展开全部)

Surviving Manic Depression is the most comprehensive, up-to-date book on the disorder that affects more than two million people in the United States alone. Based on the latest research, it provides detailed coverage of every aspect of the disorder. All aspects of the disease are addressed: symptoms, with many direct descriptions from patients themselves, risk factors, onset a...(展开全部)