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.