Cahalan, Susannah.

Brain on fire : my month of madness / Susannah Cahalan. - 1st Free Press hardcover ed. - New York : Free Press, c2012. - xii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

ISBN: 9781451621372 145162137X 9781451621389 (pbk)

LCCN: 2012012670

Subjects--Personal Names:
Cahalan, Susannah--Health.
Cahalan, Susannah--Mental health.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
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.

Dewey Class. No.: 616.8/320092