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Author Cahalan, Susannah.

Title The great pretender : the undercover mission that changed our understanding of madness / Susannah Cahalan.

Publication Info. New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2019.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  616.89 CAHALAN    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  616.89 CAHALAN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.89 CAHALAN    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  616.89 CAHALAN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  616.89 CAHALAN    DUE 05-11-24
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  616.89 CAH    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  616.89 CAH    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  616.89 CAH    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  616.89 CAH    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  616.89 CAHALAN    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 382 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-366) and index.
Summary For centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness--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, normal, 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, very little in this saga is exactly as it seems. What really happened behind those closed asylum doors, and what does it mean for our understanding of mental illness today?
Subject Rosenhan, David L.
Mental illness -- Diagnosis.
Mental illness -- Treatment.
Psychiatric hospital care -- United States -- Evaluation.
Mental health services -- United States.
Psychiatry -- Research.
Rosenhan, David L
Mental Disorders -- diagnosis. (DNLM)D001523Q000175
Mental Disorders -- drug therapy. (DNLM)D001523Q000188
Mental Health Services. (DNLM)D008605
Attitude of Health Personnel. (DNLM)D001291
Research Design. (DNLM)D012107
Psychiatry. (DNLM)D011570
United States. (DNLM)D014481
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
ISBN 9781538715284 (hardcover)
1538715287 (hardcover)
9781549175299 (audio download)
9781549175282 (audio book)
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