Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole Extraordinary Journeys into the Human Brain

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Synopsis

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 BMA MEDICAL BOOK AWARDS One of the world's leading neurologists reveals the extraordinary stories behind some of the brain disorders that he and his staff at the Harvard Medical School endeavour to treat.What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this gripping and illuminating book, Dr Allan Ropper reveals the extraordinary stories behind some of the life-altering afflictions that he and his staff are confronted with at the Neurology Unit of Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital. Like Alice in Wonderland, Dr Ropper inhabits a place where absurdities abound: a sportsman who starts spouting gibberish; an undergraduate who suddenly becomes psychotic; a mother who has to decide whether a life locked inside her own head is worth living. How does one begin to treat such cases, to counsel people whose lives may be changed forever? Dr Ropper answers these questions by taking the reader into a world where lives and minds hang in the balance.

Book details

Edition:
Main
Author:
Allan Ropper, Brian David Burrell
ISBN:
9781782395492
Related ISBNs:
9781782395508
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-04-30
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
Dr. Allan H. Ropper and Brian David Burrell, 2 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Medicine, Nonfiction, Psychology, Science