Brain on fire: my month of madness
(Large Print)
One day in 2009, twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a "flight risk," and her medical records--chronicling a monthlong hospital stay of which she had no memory at all--showed hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. Cahalan tells the astonishing true story of her inexplicable descent into madness and the brilliant, lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didn't happen. A team of doctors would spend a month--and more than a million dollars--trying desperately to pin down a medical explanation for what had gone wrong. Then, at the last minute, celebrated neurologist Souhel Najjar joined her team and, with the help of a lucky, ingenious test, saved her life. He recognized the symptoms of a newly discovered autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks the brain, a disease now thought to be tied to both schizophrenia and autism, and perhaps the root of "demonic possessions" throughout history.
Cahalan, Susannah -- Health.
Cahalan, Susannah -- Mental health.
Diagnostic errors -- United States -- Case studies.
Encephalitis -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Frontal lobes -- Diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Large type books.
Limbic system -- Diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Notes
Cahalan, S. (2013). Brain on fire: my month of madness. Center Point large print edition. Thorndike, Maine, Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Cahalan, Susannah. 2013. Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness. Thorndike, Maine, Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Cahalan, Susannah, Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness. Thorndike, Maine, Center Point Large Print, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Cahalan, Susannah. Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness. Center Point large print edition. Thorndike, Maine, Center Point Large Print, 2013.
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