Touched with fire

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Hunger by Knut Hamsun, Wait Until Spring by John Fante, Post Office by Charles Bukowski, The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary, The Outsider by Colin Wilson, The Price of Greatness by Arnold M. Ludwig, Touched With Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison Just off the top of my head without any ordering.

…has been studied at book length. The most authoritative of the several books on that issue is by psychologist (and mood disorder patient) Kay Redfield Jamison, author of Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, http://www.amazon.com/Touched-Fire-Manic-Depressive-Artistic... and co-author of the definitive text on manic-depressive illness http://www.amazon.com/Manic-Depressive-Illness-Disorders-Rec... who has thought out loud in her writings over the years about whether treatments for depression that help suffering people may also deprive society of creative output. Her current thinking on the issue--and she takes lithium herself every day--is that the best-evidenced mood-stabilizing treatments for mood disorders are helpful to patients and increase rather than decrease their ability to contribute useful wo…

As noted in the previous HN thread http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=788259 that submitted this article, Kay Redfield Jamison, author of Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, http://www.amazon.com/Touched-Fire-Manic-Depressive-Artistic... and co-author of the definitive text on manic-depressive illness http://www.amazon.com/Manic-Depressive-Illness-Disorders-Rec... has thought out loud in her writings over the years about whether treatments for depression that help suffering people may also deprive society of creative output. Her current thinking on the issue--and she takes lithium herself every day--is that the best-evidenced mood-stabilizing treatments for mood disorders are helpful to patients and increase rather than decrease their ability to contribute useful work product to society. Her co-autho…

Yes, Kay Redfield Jamison, author of Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, http://www.amazon.com/Touched-Fire-Manic-Depressive-Artistic... and co-author of the definitive text on manic-depressive illness http://www.amazon.com/Manic-Depressive-Illness-Disorders-Rec... has thought out loud in her writings over the years about whether treatments for depression that help suffering people may also deprive society of creative output. Her current thinking on the issue--and she takes lithium herself every day--is that the best-evidenced mood-stabilizing treatments for mood disorders are helpful to patients and increase rather than decrease their ability to contribute useful work product to society. Her co-author, Frederick K. Goodwin, M.D., is still deeply skeptical of some antidepressant medications (e.g., the…