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Infectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We Catch Mental Illness

Infectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We Catch Mental Illness - Paperback

by Harriet A. Washington
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Availability:In StockContributor:Harriet A. WashingtonPublish date:2016-10-04Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Little, Brown SparkISBN-13:9780316277815ISBN-10:316277819UPC:9780316277815Book Category:Medical, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Infectious Diseases, Mental Health, PsychopathologyBook Topic:Personality DisordersSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC5K0DW4QR
A groundbreaking look at the connection between germs and mental illness, and how we can protect ourselves.

Is it possible to catch autism or OCD the same way we catch the flu? Can a child's contact with cat litter lead to schizophrenia? In her eye-opening new book, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Harriet Washington reveals that we can in fact "catch" mental illness. In Infectious Madness, Washington presents the new germ theory, which posits not only that many instances of Alzheimer's, OCD, and schizophrenia are caused by viruses, prions, and bacteria, but also that with antibiotics, vaccinations, and other strategies, these cases can be easily prevented or treated.

Packed with cutting-edge research and tantalizing mysteries, Infectious Madness is rich in science, characters, and practical advice on how to protect yourself and your children from exposure to infectious threats that could sabotage your mental and physical health.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Little, Brown SparkISBN-13:9780316277815ISBN-10:316277819UPC:9780316277815Book Category:Medical, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Infectious Diseases, Mental Health, PsychopathologyBook Topic:Personality DisordersSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC5K0DW4QR
Harriet A. Washington has been the Shearing Fellow at the University of Nevada's Black Mountain Institute, a Research Fellow in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, a senior research scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee University, and a visiting scholar at DePaul University College of Law.

She has held fellowships at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Stanford University. She is the author of A Terrible Thing to Waste, Deadly Monopolies, Infectious Madness, and Medical Apartheid, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Oakland Award, and the American Library Association Black Caucus Nonfiction Award.
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark

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