The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness

Author:   Susannah Cahalan ,  Susannah Cahalan ,  Christie Moreau
Publisher:   Hachette Audio
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9781549184932


Publication Date:   05 December 2019
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The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness


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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?

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Author:   Susannah Cahalan ,  Susannah Cahalan ,  Christie Moreau
Publisher:   Hachette Audio
Imprint:   Hachette Audio
ISBN:  

9781549184932


ISBN 10:   1549184938
Publication Date:   05 December 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Pre-recorded MP3 player
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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