Bibliograph

The great pretender, the undercover mission that changed our understanding of madness, Susannah Cahalan

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The great pretender, the undercover mission that changed our understanding of madness, Susannah Cahalan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great pretender

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1138996724

Responsibility statement

Susannah Cahalan

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

Sub title

the undercover mission that changed our understanding of madness

Summary

"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?"--, Provided by publisher

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