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The book narrates Cahalan's issues with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and the process by which she was diagnosed with this form of encephalitis. She wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the events of the previous month, during which time she would have violent episodes and delusions. Her eventual diagnosis is made more difficult by various physicians misdiagnosing her with several theories such as "partying too much" and schizoaffective disorder.
The book also covers Cahalan's life after her recovery, including her reactions to watching videotapes of her psychotic episodes while in the hospital.
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Mental health, Frontal lobes, Diseases, Autoimmune diseases, Limbic system, Patients, Case studies, Health, Diagnostic errors, Encephalitis, Biography, MEDICAL, Frontal Lobe, nyt:science=2013-05-12, New York Times bestseller, Journalists, biography, Women, united states, biography, nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2013-08-25, New York Times reviewedPeople
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Brain on fire: my month of madness
2012, Free Press
in English
- 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
145162137X 9781451621372
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