Touched With Fire: Manic-depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament
The definitive work on the profound and surprising links between manic-depression and creativity, from the bestselling psychologist of bipolar disorders who wrote An Unquiet Mind. One of the foremost psychologists in America, “Kay Jamison is plainly among the few who have a profound understanding of the relationship that exists between art and madness” (William Styron).
Temperament - A - Psychological - Perspective The factors that stimulated me to work on a book that brings together knowledge on temperament in children and adults, that goes beyond geographical isolation,and that reports research based on different paradigms and conceptualizations include the conviction that knowledge on temperament is still not sufficiently integrated,the belief that my over 40 years of research in this domain has led to development of a broad view on a variety of issues related to temperament, and,finally, access to an almost complete temperament literature.