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

In the tradition of My Stroke of Insight and Brain on Fire, this powerful memoir recounts Barbara...
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Author: Barbara K. Lipska
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The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery by Lipska, Barbara K.

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

$36.20

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

$36.20
Author: Barbara K. Lipska
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In the tradition of My Stroke of Insight and Brain on Fire, this powerful memoir recounts Barbara Lipska's deadly brain cancer and explains its unforgettable lessons about the brain and mind.

Neuroscientist Lipska was diagnosed early in 2015 with metastatic melanoma in her brain's frontal lobe. As the cancer progressed and was treated, she experienced behavioral and cognitive symptoms connected to a range of mental disorders, including dementia and 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, amazingly 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 Elaine McArdle, shows that strength and courage but also an encouraging support network are vital to recovery.

Author: Barbara K. Lipska, Elaine McArdle
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 04/02/2019
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781328589279

About the Author
BARBARA K. LIPSKA is the director of the Human Brain Collection Core at the National Institute of Mental Health, where she studies mental illness and the brain. ELAINE McARDLE is an award-winning journalist who has written for the Boston Globe.

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