The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness
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Amazon.com Susannah Cahalan’s first book Brain on Fire documented her experience with a treatable autoimmune disease that masqueraded as mental illness. The disease did so by causing inflammation on her brain, and after being misdiagnosed with schizophrenia, she was given antipsychotic drugs and nearly transferred to the psych ward. Luckily, an insightful doctor saved her from being committed to a very different life than the one she is living now. Diseases like that are called the great pretenders, because their symptoms mimic the behaviors of psychiatric illnesses. Cahalan’s personal experience led her deeper into the study of mental health, where she learned of a groundbreaking 1973 study called “On Being Sane in Insane Places.†In that study, a Stanford psychologist named David Rosenhan, along with seven other sane people, volunteered to get themselves committed into asylums by repeating the words “thud, empty, hollow.†That was pretty much all it took. Eventually, they had to find their way out. The Great Pretender is a panoramic look at the mental health industry, but at its center is a mystery. As Cahalan, who is a journalist, sets out to learn more about Rosenhan’s study, her work uncovers as many questions as it does answers. The result is a book that broadens our understanding of a system that many feel is broken, at the same time that it deepens our relationship to the people who are affected by that system (those who are admitted and those who are administering). It may also serve as a reminder that it’s not always good for us to meet our heroes. The more we read about Rosenhan, the more we begin to wonder if he wasn't a different kind of pretender than people thought him to be.--Chris Schluep, Amazon Book Review13 Books to Watch Out for in November --New York Times 10 Books to Read in November --Washington Post10 Books to Read in November --San Francisco Chronicle10 Books to Read in November --Houston ChronicleBest Books of November -- Business Insider Most Anticipated Books of 2019 --LitHubBest Books of November -- Refinery29 Best New Books of November 2019 --BustleBest Fall Nonfiction Pick -- Kirkus5 True Crime Books to Read This November--CrimeReads Fall's Best New Nonfiction Pick --Bookish New Books Worth Obsessing Over in November --Popsugar Books We Can't Wait to Read in November --PureWow'A thrilling mystery--and a powerful case for a deeper understanding of mental illness.'―People Magazine 'A thrilling and lively work of investigative journalism...This vital book, full of intelligence and brio, is a must-read for anyone who has mental illness issues somewhere in their life -- i.e., everyone.'―Marion Winik, Minneapolis Star Tribune'An urgent, per
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