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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness is a 2012 New York Times best-selling autobiography by New York Post writer Susannah Cahalan. The book details Cahalan's ... BrainonFire FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 2012autobiographybySusannahCahalan BrainonFire:MyMonthofMadnessFirsteditionhardbackcoverAuthorSusannahCahalanCountryUnitedStatesLanguageEnglishSubjectAnti-NMDAreceptorencephalitisGenreAutobiographyPublished2012,FreePressMedia typePrint,e-book,audiobookPages288pagesISBN9781451621372 BrainonFire:MyMonthofMadnessisa2012NewYorkTimesbest-sellingautobiographybyNewYorkPostwriterSusannahCahalan.ThebookdetailsCahalan'sstrugglewitharareformofencephalitisandherrecovery.[1]ItwasfirstpublishedonNovember13,2012,throughFreePressinhardback,andwaslaterreprintedinpaperbackbySimon&Schusterafterthetwocompaniesmerged. Contents 1Synopsis 2Reception 3Filmadaptation 4References 5Externallinks Synopsis[edit] ThebooknarratesCahalan'sissueswithanti-NMDAreceptorencephalitisandtheprocessbywhichshewasdiagnosedwiththisformofencephalitis.Shewokeupinahospitalwithnomemoryofthepreviousmonth'sevents,duringwhichtimeshehadviolentepisodesanddelusions.Hereventualdiagnosiswasmademoredifficultbyvariousphysiciansmisdiagnosingherwithseveraltheoriessuchas"partyingtoomuch"andschizoaffectivedisorder.[2]Eventuallyseveralphysicians,includingDr.SouhelNajjar,begantosuspectthatCahalanwassufferingfromanautoimmunedisease.[2]NajjardiagnosedCahalanusingatestthatinvolvedherdrawingaclock,atestnormallygiventopeoplesuspectedofhavingdementiaorAlzheimer'sdisease.[3]Ratherthandrawingtheclockfacenormally,thediseasecausedCahalantodrawallthenumbers1through12ontherightfaceoftheclock,becausetherightsideofherbrain,whichregulatestheleftsideofthebody,wasinflamed.NajjarusedthistohelpdiagnoseCahalanandstartherroadtorecovery.[4] ThebookalsocoversCahalan'slifeafterherrecovery,includingherreactionstowatchingvideotapesofherpsychoticepisodeswhileinthehospital.Cahalanalsodiscusseshersymptomspriortoherhospitalization,asshehadpreviouslybeendiagnosedbyapsychiatristwithbipolardisorder.[2]Whileresearching,shelearnedthatthediseasehadbeendiscoveredjustthreeyearsbeforeshebecameill.[5]Herresearchindicatedthatin2009mostpeoplewiththediseasewereeithermisdiagnosedorundiagnosed.Cahalanwasfortunatetobecorrectlydiagnosedbecause,accordingtoNajjar'sestimates,only10percentofpeoplewiththediseasewereproperlydiagnosedatthattime.[6]Sincethen,abetterunderstandingofthediseaseanditssymptomshasresultedinmorefrequentdiagnosisandtreatment. Reception[edit] CriticalreceptionforBrainonFirehasbeenmostlypositive.NPRcommentedthattheauthorwas"anaturallytalentedprosestylist"andthat"sheperfectlytempersherbrutalhonestywithcompassionandsomethinglikevulnerability."[7]TheWashingtonPostpraisedCahalan'sresearchingabilitiesforthebook,astheynotedthatshehadtorelyoninformationfromothers,includingfamilymembersandmedicaldocuments.[8] Filmadaptation[edit] Mainarticle:BrainonFire(film) InMay2014,itwasannouncedthatthebookwasbeingadaptedintoafilmofthesamenamestarringChloëGraceMoretz[9]andproducedbyCahalanandCharlizeTheron.[10][11]ThefilmwasreleasedonNetflixonJune22,2018.[12] References[edit] ^Couric,Katie."BrainonFire:SusannahCahalan'sMedicalMystery".KatieCouric.com.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonJanuary8,2014.RetrievedJanuary8,2014. ^abcKahn,Jennifer."UnderAttack:OneWoman'sTerrifyingBattleWithanAuto-ImmuneDisease".Oprah.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonOctober26,2013.RetrievedJanuary8,2014. ^FormanMD,Howard(January23,2013)."BrainonFire:AnInterviewWithSusannahCahalanonAnti–NMDAReceptorAutoimmuneEncephalitis".PsychiatricTimes.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonJuly5,2013.RetrievedJanuary8,2014. ^Cahalan,BrainonFire:MyMonthofMadness,pp.131-33. ^Edemariam,Aida(January24,2013)."BrainonFirebySusannahCahalan-review".TheGuardian.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonJuly14,2014.RetrievedJuly7,2014. ^Cahalan,BrainonFire:MyMonthofMadness,pp.221-27. ^Schaub,Michael(November14,2012)."'BrainOnFire'DetailsAnOut-Of-MindExperience".NPR.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonJuly20,2014.RetrievedJanuary8,2014. ^Scarf,Maggie(January12,2013)."'BrainonFire:MyMonthofMadness'bySusannahCahalan".TheWashingtonPost.RetrievedJanuary8,2014. ^Kit,Borys(June26,2015)."ChloeGraceMoretztoStarin'BrainonFire'(Exclusive)".TheHollywoodReporter. ^"DakotaFanningtostarinCharlizeTheron's'BrainOnFire'".TheTimesofIndia.May2,2014.RetrievedMay30,2014.{{citenews}}:CS1maint:url-status(link) ^ZebaBlay(May3,2014)."DakotaFanningtostarinBrainOnFireadaptation".DigitalSpy.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonMay4,2014.RetrievedMay30,2014. ^ "BrainonFire".Netflix.com.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2018-06-25.RetrievedMay27,2018. 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