Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

49 reviews

faefires's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.75

drags at the end, but mostly engaging and informative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Medical content

alphacenterin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer and Injury/Injury detail

janefossum's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

An incredibly unique book due to its combination of informative teaching and very immersive moments of true emotion. The book begins with Susannah introducing herself which allows you to create an attachment for when she goes through her “month of madness” where you can actually feel her emotions. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a nonfiction book that feels like fiction. Her writing technique is truly stunning and pushed me to finish this in 4 days (shamelessly)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Susannah goes through a series of paranoia during her hospital stay that can be really traumatic as she goes through lots of anxiety specifically about the nurses and the hospital itself. She is also at several points diagnosed with schizophrenia and psychosis. She has a lot of trauma from this even after she is (mostly) recovered and returns to the hospital to get her records and interview people.

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

Susannah Cahalan offers some gripping and insightful health autojournalism here. This was one of the better patient narratives of a mysterious and sudden-onset condition that I can remember reading (still with some pitfalls of the genre, especially around discussing cognitive and behavioral symptoms within somewhat traditional, saneist paradigms). But overall it felt really careful, tightly written, and emotionally reflective. I ended up giving my copy to a premed friend to read next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, and Medical trauma

wardeh_m's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Fatphobia

thereaderfriend's review

emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Very informative and interesting. Kept me on my toes

lizzie24601's review

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

tayahmarie's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness