 Book cover, first edition | |
| Author | Oliver Sacks |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 1984 |
| ISBN | 978-0060925444 |
A Leg to Stand On is a 1984 autobiographical account by neurologist Oliver Sacks describing his recovery from psychogenic leg paralysis following a mountaineering accident. The book has been described as a skillful description of the depersonalization of functional neurological symptoms. Neuropsychiatric specialists who have recommended reading the book to their patients have found it can help them cope with their depersonalization symptoms.[1]
- ^ Stone, Jon; Perthen, Jo; Carson, Alan J (September 2012). "'A Leg to Stand On' by Oliver Sacks: a unique autobiographical account of functional paralysis". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 83 (9): 864–867. doi:10.1136/jnnp-2012-302800. PMID 22872718. S2CID 9299100.