An Unquiet Mind

by

Kay Redfield Jamison

Mogens Schou Character Analysis

A Danish psychiatrist who was instrumental in introducing lithium as a modern-day treatment for manic-depressive illness. Kay recalls spending a day on a boat trip with him during a break from an American Psychiatric Association conference. Schou was honest and transparent about his family history of manic-depressive illness, and, during his and Kay’s frank discussion, he urged her to view her personal connection to the illness as a professional advantage rather than a secret to hide.

Mogens Schou Quotes in An Unquiet Mind

The An Unquiet Mind quotes below are all either spoken by Mogens Schou or refer to Mogens Schou. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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).
Chapter 11 Quotes

Talking with Mogens was extremely helpful, in part because he aggressively encouraged me to use my own experiences in my research, writing, and teaching, and in part because it was very important to me to be able to talk with a senior professor who not only had some knowledge of what I had been through, but who had used his own experiences to make a profound difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Including my own.

Related Characters: Kay Redfield Jamison (speaker), Mogens Schou
Page Number: 189-190
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Mogens Schou Quotes in An Unquiet Mind

The An Unquiet Mind quotes below are all either spoken by Mogens Schou or refer to Mogens Schou. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Madness Theme Icon
).
Chapter 11 Quotes

Talking with Mogens was extremely helpful, in part because he aggressively encouraged me to use my own experiences in my research, writing, and teaching, and in part because it was very important to me to be able to talk with a senior professor who not only had some knowledge of what I had been through, but who had used his own experiences to make a profound difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Including my own.

Related Characters: Kay Redfield Jamison (speaker), Mogens Schou
Page Number: 189-190
Explanation and Analysis: