22 reviews for:

How the Brain Lost Its Mind: Sex, Hysteria, and the Riddle of Mental Illness

Brian Burrell, Allan H. Ropper

3.38 AVERAGE

rosalind's review against another edition

3.75

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Dementia

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

leigh_ann_15_deaf's review against another edition

5.0

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A fascinating, informative narrative of a history about which i knew nothing—and could not have conceiced of.