Kay Redfield Jamison’s An Unquiet Mind is one of those rare books that feels both professionally important and deeply personal. Jamison brings to the memoir an unusual perspective, being a distinguished academic psychologist, but also someone who has lived experiences of manic-depressive illness herself. That double perspective gives the book its real strength. The poignant […]
Book Review
More Than a Grumpy Old Man: The Psychiatry behind “A Man Called Ove” by Frederick Backman – Book Review by Dr. Mehak Mittal
I read this book five years ago, long before I stepped into the world of Psychiatry. I remember closing the book feeling deeply moved and overwhelmed. It made me teary-eyed in some places and laugh out loud in others. Back then, I thought it was simply a beautiful, heart-warming story about a grumpy old man […]