Her illness was misdiagnosed as madness. Now Susannah Cahalan takes on madness in medicine

Ten years ago, Susannah Cahalan was hospitalised with mysterious and terrifying symptoms. She believed an army of bedbugs had invaded her apartment. She believed her father had tried to abduct her and kill his wife, her stepmother. She believed she could age people using just her mind. She couldn’t eat or sleep. She spoke in gibberish and slipped into a catatonic state.

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