In the tradition of kay redfield jamisons an unquiet mind acquainted with the night is a powerful memoir of one mans struggle to deal with the adolescent depression and bipolar disorder of his son and his daughter seven years ago paul raeburns son alex eleven was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after leaving his fifth grade classroom in an inexplicable rage. In the tradition of kay redfield jamisons an unquiet mind acquainted with the night is a powerful memoir of one mans struggle to deal with the adolescent depression and bipolar disorder of his son and his daughter seven years ago paul raeburns son alex eleven was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after leaving his fifth grade classroom in an inexplicable rage. Doi 101097 01chi00001616517477250 corpus id 144804993 acquainted with the night a parents quest to understand depression and bipolar disorder in his children inproceedingsabright2005acquaintedwt titleacquainted with the night a parents quest to understand depression and bipolar disorder in his children authora abright and john samanich and camille archer and sonya . Veteran science reporter and writer paul raeburns acquainted with the night a parents quest to understand depression and bipolar disorder in his children broadway books may 11 2004 a haunting yet ultimately cathartic memoir of a family stricken with the anguish of mental illness sheds light on this hidden epidemic. Acquainted with the night a parents quest to understand depression and bipolar disorder in his children paul raeburn author broadway 2495 320p isbn 978 0 7679 1437 6