--- description: Redfield Jamison is the author of many books, including The Unquiet Mind, and is a professor of mood disorders and psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her new book is Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kay Redfield Jamison ## Kay Redfield Jamison Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Redfield Jamison is the author of many books, including The Unquiet Mind, and is a professor of mood disorders and psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her new book is [Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611011/fires-in-the-dark-by-kay-redfield-jamison/) ## Kay Redfield Jamison Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  May 25, 2023 ### [The Ancient Roots of Psychotherapy](https://time.com/6282500/ancient-roots-of-psychotherapy/) The healing of the mind may be the oldest branch of medicine, writes Kay Redfield Jamison [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/kay-redfield-jamison/","name":"Kay Redfield Jamison"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kay-redfield-jamison/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kay-redfield-jamison/"},"name":"Kay Redfield Jamison","jobTitle":null,"description":"Redfield Jamison is the author of many books, including The Unquiet Mind, and is a professor of mood disorders and psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her new book is Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind","url":"https://time.com/author/kay-redfield-jamison/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```