The Great Pretender - The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness (Paperback)

"One of America's most courageous young journalists" and the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Brain on Fire investigates the shocking mystery behind the dramatic experiment that revolutionized modern medicine (NPR). Doctors have struggled for centuries to define insanity--how do you diagnose it, how do you treat it, how do you even know what it is? In search of an answer, in the 1970s a Stanford psychologist named David Rosenhan and seven other people--sane, healthy, well-adjusted members of society--went undercover into asylums around America to test the legitimacy of psychiatry's labels. Forced to remain inside until they'd "proven" themselves sane, all eight emerged with alarming diagnoses and even more troubling stories of their treatment. Rosenhan's watershed study broke open the field of psychiatry, closing down institutions and changing mental health diagnosis forever. But, as Cahalan's explosive new research shows in this real-life detective story, very little in this saga is exactly as it seems. What really happened behind those closed asylum doors?

General

Imprint:	Grand Central Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2020
Authors:	Susannah Cahalan
Dimensions:	201 x 132 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-1-5387-1527-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Abnormal psychology Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	1-5387-1527-9
Barcode:	9781538715277

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