Part 4, Chapter 10 Summary: “Speaking of Madness” This chapter tackles the issue of language when writing about mental illness. Jamison writes that she had once received a very angry letter criticizing her for using the word madness in the title of a lecture she was slated to give. Though she was resentful of the letter, she acknowledges that it did push her to think about the kind of. Jamison's childhood is as defined by her father's unstable moods as it is by her own, and An Unquiet Mind is as much a story of the consequences of the genetically inheritable nature of the disease. Jamison then tells of her time at UCLA, where she attended both undergraduate and graduate school.
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Part 1: Book: An Unquiet Mind Pages: 80 to 90 Due Date: Nov 19
– Here, write a two paragraph (a paragraph being 5-7 sentences) summary or response to your reading
The book is getting easier to read. In these pages I learned a lot of interesting things. One was that her mania made it almost impossible to live life normally. She couldn’t listen to music. She tried listening to all the music she could, but her mind blocked it out. Her mind slowly began to be consumed by darkness. It got to the point where she could barely work. Her and her husband had separated and she began dating a colleague. He helped her out by taking care of her, watching over her, putting her on lithium, going over medical notes with her, and making sure she was okay. Yet, she grew more scared and confused. She began training herself to make it seem like she was okay even though she wasn’t. Kay’s thoughts grew extremely dark. She couldn’t do anything anymore without having dark thoughts and delusions. Life became unbearable. Kay began to think of ways she would kill herself and tried many times. She finally decided to seek help from a psychiatrist.He determined that she had manic-depressive illness and needed treatment. She tried coming up with other excuses of her behavior, but he started her on her treatment anyways because he knew that his diagnostic was correct. They put her on lithium which slowed her and calmed her and put her in psychotherapy. They helped her have sane thoughts and she wouldn’t have gotten better without them. She needs them both and is now completely reliant on them.
An Unquiet Mind Sparknotes Lesson
Part II: Write your academic plan for the following week. Please include:
– Number of pages you plan to read (and it needs to be a good-sized chunk)
– A one paragraph (5-7 sentence) statement that answers the following 3 questions:
1. How is the reading going? Too easy? Too difficult? Somewhere in between?
An Unquiet Mind Sparknotes Summary
2. What does your reading make you want to learn more about?
3. Do you have any ideas for a short or long-term project that you’d like to accomplish based on what you’re reading? Or, can you list one or two other books you’re thinking of reading?
The reading this week was much easier. There are some pretty difficult words in this book that I have trouble understanding. I am going to start looking them up so I have a better understanding of what she is talking about. The book talks less about science which makes it easier for me to understand. I am getting into this book and can’t wait to finish it.
To be diagnosed with bipolar disorder the patient must meet the following criteria for manic episodes, which can be broken down into four categories. Category A explains the idea of the patient experiencing a distinct period of irritable mood, an abnormal increase of goal-directed activity lasting at least one week as well as present almost every day (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Next, Category B further highlights the mood disturbances and increased energy by requiring at least three out of seven symptoms such as a decreased need for sleep, extremely talkative, excessive involvement, distractibility, or even inflated self-esteem to be shown to represent a noticeable change in…show more content…
In view of theories of the development of bipolar disorder, there are common biological and psychological factors. Focusing on biological theories through genetics, one can see that the disorder is highly heritable. First-degree relatives of people with bipolar disorder have a 5-10x risk of receiving the mood disorder (Lin, 2016). On the other hand, the mood disorder is even more retrievable if they fall under the category of identical twins. Other biological theories revolve around the brain and its neurotransmitters, for example, within the ventral striatum people with bipolar disorder tend to have a sensitivity to reward cues (Lin, 2016). This allows them to be much more reactive or sensitive to things as well as seek out immediate gratification rather than pay attention to long-term consequences. Such behavior may be due to the dysregulated dopamine system found within their neurotransmitters. In relation, the psychological theories focus on the idea of rewarding as well but also punishment and stress. Through these theories they have allowed patients to go through certain tasks such as “pretend gambling”. In this task patients are compared to regular people, receiving a bad deck, which won’t allow them to win, or a regular deck. The stressors provided change their goal-oriented