Description: Neuroscientist Lipska was diagnosed early in 2015 with metastatic melanoma in her brain's frontal lobe. As the cancer progressed and was treated, the author experienced behavioral and cognitive symptoms connected to a range of mental disorders, including her professional specialty, schizophrenia. Lipska's family and associates were alarmed by the changes in her behavior, which she failed to acknowledge herself. Gradually, after a course of immunotherapy, Lipska returned to normal functioning, recalled her experience and, through her knowledge of neuroscience, identified the ways in which her brain changed during treatment. Lipska admits her condition was unusual; after recovery she was able to return to her research and resume her athletic training and compete in a triathalon. Most patients with similar brain cancers rarely survive to describe their ordeal. Lipska's memoir, coauthored with journalist McArdle, shows that strength and courage but also a encouraging support network are vital to recovery 208 pages
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Publication Year: 2018
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Book Title: The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: A Memoir of Madness
Book Series: 148
Author: Barbara K. Lipska
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, Health
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Brain, Mind
