Brain on fire : my month of madness
(Large Print)
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2013.
ISBN
9781611736786, 1611736781
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Oak Lawn Public Library - Large Type
LARGE TYPE 616.8320092 CAHALAN
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LARGE TYPE 616.8320092 CAHALAN
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Autoimmune diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Biographies.
Cahalan, Susannah -- Health.
Cahalan, Susannah -- Mental health.
Case studies.
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.
Biographies.
Cahalan, Susannah -- Health.
Cahalan, Susannah -- Mental health.
Case studies.
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.
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2013.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
399 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781611736786, 1611736781
Notes
General Note
Includes chapter notes (p. 369-389).
Description
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.
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LARGE PRINT
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cahalan, S. (2013). Brain on fire: my month of madness (Center Point large print edition.). Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cahalan, Susannah. 2013. Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness. Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cahalan, Susannah. Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness Center Point Large Print, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cahalan, Susannah. Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness Center Point large print edition., Center Point Large Print, 2013.
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