From the internationally acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind, an exquisite, haunting meditation on mortality, grief, and loss.

Perhaps no one but Kay Redfield Jamison—who combines the acute perceptions of a psychologist with a writerly elegance and passion—could bring such a delicate touch to the subject of losing a spouse to cancer. In direct, straightforward, and at times strikingly lyrical prose, Jamison looks back at her relationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientist who battled debilitating dyslexia to become one of the foremost experts on schizophrenia. And with her characteristic honesty, candor, wit, and simplicity, she describes his death, her own long, difficult struggle with grief, and her efforts to distinguish grief from depression.

But she also recalls the great joy that Richard brought her during the nearly twenty years they had together. Wryly humorous anecdotes mingle with bittersweet memories of a relationship that was passionate and loving—if troubled on occasion by her manic-depressive (bipolar) illness—as Jamison reveals the ways in which her husband encouraged her to write openly about her mental illness and, through his courage and grace taught her to live fully.

A penetrating psychological study of grief viewed from deep inside the experience itself, Nothing Was the Same is also a deeply moving memoir by a superb writer.

世界躁郁症研究领域顶尖专家。约翰•霍普金斯大学医学院精神病学系教授，情感障碍中心主任；苏格兰圣安德鲁斯大学荣誉教授；加拿大心理协会荣誉主席及董事会成员。

荣获美国及全球诸多科学奖项：1995年，美国心理卫生协会（NMHA）威廉斯蒂伦奖；1996年，美国自杀预防基金会研究大奖；1999年，精神健康社区领袖奖；2001年获选麦克阿瑟奖；2002年获选哈佛大学杰出学者；2003年获选牛津大学利奇菲尔德学者奖。曾入选“全美最佳医生”行列，被《时代周刊》评为“全球最具影响力100人之医界英雄”。

为躁郁症正名的医界英雄。从15岁躁郁症初次来袭，到如今的世界级权威地位，杰米森用自己的努力，为更多躁郁症甚至精神疾病患者赢得了关注和理解，将"疯子"的铭牌从精神疾病的大理石墙面上敲凿下来。“无论结果如何，大声疾呼都比继续保持沉默更好！” 因为杰米森的勇气与坚持，不仅可以帮助病患正确看待自己，还极大地改变了整个社会对心理病患持有的偏见，掀起了一次超越偏见、接纳心理病患的浪潮，更推动美国国会立法实现了心理病患的保险平权制度。