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Author Cahalan, Susannah.

Title Brain on fire : my month of madness / by Susannah Cahalan.

Publication Info. New York : Free Press, 2012.
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Display Shelf  616.832 CAHALAN    DUE 05-04-24
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.8 C119    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  616.8 C119    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  616.832 CAH    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  616.832 CAHALAN    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  616.8 CAHALAN, SUSANNAH    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  616.8 CAH    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  616.832 CAHALAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Pearl Street Branch Library - Adult Department  616.8 CAH    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  616.832 CAH    DUE 04-29-24

Edition First Free Press hardcover edition.
Description xii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Crazy -- The clock -- In search of lost time.
Summary The story of twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan and the life-saving discovery of the autoimmune disorder that nearly killed her -- and that could perhaps be the root of "demonic possessions" throughout history.
2009. Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. Her medical records chronicled a monthlong hospital stay of which she had no memory at all. Neurologist Souhel Najjar 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. This is the account of one woman's struggle to recapture her identity and to rediscover herself among the fragments left behind.
Subject Cahalan, Susannah -- Health.
Cahalan, Susannah -- Mental health.
Encephalitis -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Autoimmune diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Frontal lobes -- Diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Limbic system -- Diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Diagnostic errors -- United States -- Case studies.
ISBN 9781451621372
145162137X
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