01784cam a2200385 i 4500 296039060 TxAuBib 20121129120000.0 120406s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012012670 9781451621372 145162137X eng rda TxAuBib rda Cahalan, Susannah. Brain on fire [BOOK] : my month of madness / Susannah Cahalan. First Free Press hardcover edition. New York : Free Press, 2012. xii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier An account of the author's struggle with a rare brain-attacking autoimmune disease traces how she woke up in a hospital room with no memory of baffling psychotic symptoms, describing the last-minute intervention by a doctor who identified the source of her illness. 20121129. Cahalan, Susannah Health. Cahalan, Susannah Mental health. Limbic system Diseases Patients United States Biography. Encephalitis Patients United States Biography. Frontal lobes Diseases Patients United States Biography. Diagnostic errors United States Case studies. Autoimmune diseases Patients United States Biography. Biographies. Case studies. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012012670-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012012670-d.html Publisher description