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Since her recovery – perhaps only temporary, as she knows – Cahalan has become involved with stories of other people being diagnosed with the same type of encephalitis, and is doing something to raise awareness of the condition. If you're interested in mental health, or in the human psyche, then this very personal exploration of both is bound to interest you.

However, the focus in ''Brain on Fire'' is on the personal experience, not the medicine, and in that respect it's like Alice Peterson's [[Another Alice by Alice Peterson|Another Alice]], which also features a young woman whose career and life are put on hold by a debilitating, unexpected disease.