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Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness
by Susannah Cahalan
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
As someone who is super interested in neuropsych and psychosis, this book was incredibly fascinating, as it brings together these fields and is told from someone who suffered through psychosis and recovered. That isn't often something that happens, so we don't know very much about what it is like, making the author's perspective particularly interesting. I also really enjoyed the medical explanations for how the brain goes wrong, and the underlying message that there is a thin line between sanity and insanity. In our daily life, it's so easy to think that we have a firm grasp on reality, but as this book illustrates, that is a lie.
The book was well written and very accessible for people who aren't in the field. The author is able to convey both the science and her own personal experiences eloquently without having to use jargon or other complicated descriptors, which not only allow for good reading, but provides psychoeducation to doctors and patients about a disease that not many people know about.
The book was well written and very accessible for people who aren't in the field. The author is able to convey both the science and her own personal experiences eloquently without having to use jargon or other complicated descriptors, which not only allow for good reading, but provides psychoeducation to doctors and patients about a disease that not many people know about.