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The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness
The Great Pretender The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness
Author: Susannah Cahalan
From "one of America's most courageous young journalists" (NPR) comes a propulsive narrative history investigating the 50-year-old mystery behind a dramatic experiment that changed the course of modern medicine.  — For centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness -- how do you diagnose it, how do you treat it, how...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781538715284
ISBN-10: 1538715287
Publication Date: 11/5/2019
Pages: 416
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Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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This book is a follow up to the author's autobiographical book in which she recounts her experience being misdiagnosed with a mental illness. I expected this book to be an objective book about a scientific psychiatric study, but there was no objectivity to be found. The author constantly brings up her own experiences. Constantly. This really ruined this book for me and I almost didn't bother finishing it.


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