Kay Redfield Jamison is a leading psychiatrist, professor, and Co-Director of the Mood Disorders Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is the author of numerous books on psychology, exuberance, grief, depression, and suicide. These include "Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind;" "Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character;" and Jamison's groundbreaking introductory work, "An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness." In this episode of "The Civil Discourse, " Host Paula Marantz Cohen explores these and other studies in conversation with Jamison, examining the range and effects of mood disorders and how the healthcare industry and greater society have come to respond. Note that this interview addresses the impact of depression and suicide.