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Parasites, Pussycats and Psychosis : The Unknown Dangers of Human Toxoplasmosis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Torrey, E. Fuller.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Other Books by the Author
  • 1: Psychosis as a Zoonosis: Clues from Covid
  • 1.1 Diseases from Animals
  • 1.2 Bats and Rats, but Please, Not Cats
  • 1.3 The Origin of Cats
  • 1.4 Infectious Agents and Psychosis
  • References
  • 2: The Case for Toxoplasma gondii in Psychosis and Other Human Diseases
  • 2.1 Modes of Transmission
  • 2.2 What Is Known Regarding Human Infections?
  • 2.3 Fatal Attraction
  • 2.4 What Is the Evidence for Toxoplasmosis and Psychosis?
  • 2.4.1 T. gondii Can Cause Psychotic Symptoms
  • 2.4.2 Among Individuals with Schizophrenia, Those Who Are Infected with T. gondii Have Been Shown to Have More Severe Symptoms
  • 2.4.3 Individuals with Psychosis, Compared to Controls, Are Significantly More Likely to Have Antibodies Against T. gondii, Indicating Past Infection
  • 2.4.4 Individuals with Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder, Compared to Controls, Are Significantly More Likely as a Child to Have Lived in a Home with a Cat
  • 2.5 How Many Cases of Psychosis Might Be Caused by T. gondii?
  • 2.6 Other Diseases and Conditions
  • References
  • 3: The Rise of Cats and Madness: I. The Renaissance
  • 3.1 Cats and Satan
  • 3.2 Cats During the Renaissance
  • 3.3 The Beginning of Cat Rehabilitation
  • 3.4 Madness in the Renaissance
  • References
  • 4: The Rise of Cats and Madness: II. The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
  • 4.1 The Continuing Persecution of Cats
  • 4.2 Pet Keeping Becomes More Popular
  • 4.3 Cats as Pets
  • 4.4 Increasing Interest in Madness
  • 4.5 Bethlem as a Human Zoo
  • 4.6 Was Madness Increasing?
  • 4.7 Cats in Eighteenth Century England
  • 4.8 Cats in Art and Poetry
  • 4.9 Hospitals for Mad Persons
  • 4.10 Public Interest in Madness
  • 4.11 Mad Poets
  • 4.12 The English Malady
  • References.
  • 5: The Rise of Cats and Madness: III. The Nineteenth Century
  • 5.1 The King's Madness
  • 5.2 Nineteenth-Century Cats
  • 5.3 The Cats of Writers and Artists
  • 5.4 Increasing Insanity
  • 5.5 What Was Causing the Increase?
  • 5.6 Madness Among "the Better Sort"
  • 5.7 Was Insanity Really Increasing?
  • 5.8 Official Denial of the Problem
  • 5.9 The Debate Winds Down
  • References
  • 6: Additional Links Between Toxoplasmosis and Psychosis
  • 6.1 Survey of the Historical Data
  • 6.2 Fewer Cats, Less Psychosis?
  • 6.3 More Toxoplasmosis, More Psychosis?
  • 6.4 Seasonality of Birth
  • 6.5 Urban Living in Childhood
  • 6.6 More Psychosis Where It's Colder
  • 6.7 The Immigrant Issue
  • 6.8 Isn't Schizophrenia Genetic?
  • 6.9 Why Isn't There More Psychosis?
  • References
  • 7: Sentinel Seals, Safe Cats, and Better Treatments
  • 7.1 A Review
  • 7.2 What Is the Magnitude of the Problem?
  • 7.3 Oocyst Contamination of Soil and Water
  • 7.4 Solutions to the Problem
  • 7.4.1 Decrease the Distribution of Infective T. gondii Oocysts
  • 7.4.2 Research
  • 7.4.3 Better Treatments
  • 7.4.4 Education
  • References
  • Index.

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