Brain on fire: my month of madness
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Summary
New York Post reporter's account of the mysterious disease that mimicked mental illness and almost killed her in 2009, when she was twenty-four years old. Describes her eventual diagnosis--NMDA-receptor autoimmune encephalitis, a rare brain infection that causes seizures and paranoia--and her successful treatment and recovery. Some strong language. 2012
Title Details
ISBN
9781451621372
Publisher
Free Press
Copyright Date
2012
Book number
4405177
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Kristin Allison
Duration
7 hours 47 minutes 20 seconds
Audio producer
Talking Book Publishers