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Summary: One day in 2009, twenty-four-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a "flight risk," and her medical records, chronicling a monthlong hospital stay of which she had no memory at all, showed hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. Only weeks earlier, Susannah had been on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.832 CAHSummary: "A gripping tale of microbes, medicine and money, Under our skin exposes the hidden story of Lyme disease, one of the most controversial and fastest growing epidemics of our time. Each year, thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, often told that their symptoms are 'all in their head.' Following the stories of patients and physicians fighting for their lives and livelihoods, the film brings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Eye Pictures 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNDCleghorn, Elinor
Summary: "A trailblazing conversation-starting history of women's health-from Ancient Greece to hormones and autoimmune diseases-brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 CLEOates, Joyce Carol
Summary: "Amid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in New Mexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA takes residency at a distinguished academic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, their lives are uprooted and husband and wife each embarks upon a nightmare journey. At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood - and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OATGnaulati, Enrico.
Summary: A veteran clinical psychologist argues that today's children are routinely misdiagnosed with serious psychiatric conditions, explaining how the misdiagnoses are occurring while sharing tools for parents on how to differentiate serious conditions from behavior disturbances stemming from developmental, familial, and social issues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.9289 GNACahalan, Susannah.
Summary: One day in 2009, twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a "flight risk," and her medical records--chronicling a monthlong hospital stay of which she had no memory at all--showed hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. Cahalan tells the astonishing true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 CAHALAN, SUSANNAH CAHSchwarz, Alan
Summary: "A groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder--and its serious effects on children, adults, and society. More than 1 in 7 American children are getting diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)--three times what experts have said is appropriate--making it one of the most mishandled and debated conditions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 SCHWen, Leana S.
Summary: Discusses how to avoid harmful medical mistakes, offering advice on such topics as working with a busy doctor, communicating the full story of an illness, evaluating test risks, and obtaining a working diagnosis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2013