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

• Author: Torrey, E. Fuller.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (150 pages)

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.