Brain of fire: my month of madness.
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Thorndike, ME : Center Point Large Print, c.2012.
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1st
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400 pages
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Published
Thorndike, ME : Center Point Large Print, c.2012.
Format
Book
Edition
1st
Language
English
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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 month-long 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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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cahalan, S. (2012). Brain of fire: my month of madness (1st). Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cahalan, Susannah. 2012. Brain of Fire: My Month of Madness. Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cahalan, Susannah. Brain of Fire: My Month of Madness Center Point Large Print, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cahalan, Susannah. Brain of Fire: My Month of Madness 1st, Center Point Large Print, 2012.
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