The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery by Elaine McArdle, Barbara K. Lipska

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery

Elaine McArdle, Barbara K. Lipska

208 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology science emotional fast-paced

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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, in...

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