How Long to Read A Cursing Brain?

How Long Does it Take to Read A Cursing Brain??

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 26 minutes to read A Cursing Brain? by Howard I. Kushner

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Over a century and a half ago, a French physician reported the bizarre behavior of a young aristocratic woman who would suddenly, without warning, erupt in a startling fit of obscene shouts and curses. The image of the afflicted Marquise de Dampierre echoes through the decades as the emblematic example of an illness that today represents one of the fastest-growing diagnoses in North America. Tourette syndrome is a set of behaviors, including recurrent ticcing and involuntary shouting (sometimes cursing) as well as obsessive-compulsive actions. The fascinating history of this syndrome reveals how cultural and medical assumptions have determined and radically altered its characterization and treatment from the early nineteenth century to the present. A Cursing Brain? traces the problematic classification of Tourette syndrome through three distinct but overlapping stories: that of the claims of medical knowledge, that of patients' experiences, and that of cultural expectations and assumptions. Earlier researchers asserted that the bizarre ticcing and impromptu vocalizations were psychological--resulting from sustained bad habits or lack of self-control. Today, patients exhibiting these behaviors are seen as suffering from a neurological disease and generally are treated with drug therapy. Although current clinical research indicates that Tourette's is an organic disorder, this pioneering history of the syndrome reminds us to be skeptical of medical orthodoxies so that we may stay open to fresh understandings and more effective interventions.

How long is A Cursing Brain??

A Cursing Brain? by Howard I. Kushner is 263 pages long, and a total of 66,539 words.

This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Cursing Brain? Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 3 minutes to read A Cursing Brain? aloud.

What Reading Level is A Cursing Brain??

A Cursing Brain? is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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