Sarah Bauer's Reviews > Infectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We "Catch" Mental Illness

The first half of the book was fascinating. I'm glad the author clarified multiple times that infectious disease does not always cause mental illness, but it can be the root cause in some cases. I don't like the way autism was described using language that implied it's a disease that needs to be eradicated. I guess that counts as a nitpick but it matters a lot to me.
The second half of the book starts going off on tangents about culture that I don't think are really necessary and I disagree with a lot of what the author says about violence, but I could write my own book on that at this point.
I learned something new though, so this was an interesting read.