{"product_id":"the-great-pretender-the-undercover-mission-that-changed-our-understanding-of-madness-paperback","title":"The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusannah Cahalan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn investigation of the shocking mystery behind the dramatic experiment that revolutionized modern medicine, from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBrain on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Bold, brave, and original.\" --Susan Orlean, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Orchid Thief\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2020 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize \u003cbr\u003e Named a Best Book of 2020 by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusannah Cahalan\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBrain on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eMy Month of Madness, \u003c\/i\u003e a memoir about her struggle with a rare autoimmune disease of the brain. She writes for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post.\u003c\/i\u003e Her work has also been featured in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Scientific American Magazine, Glamour, Psychology Today, \u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43779375464511,"sku":"9781538715277","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/the-great-pretender-the-undercover-mission-that-changed-our-understanding-of-madness-paperback","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}