{"product_id":"the-great-pretender-the-undercover-mission-that-changed-our-understanding-of-madness-susannah-cahalan","title":"The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness;  Susannah Cahalan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness-how do you diagnose it, how do you treat it, how do you even know what \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eit\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis? 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 study broke open the field of psychiatry, closing down institutions and changing mental health diagnosis forever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut, as Cahalan's 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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNovember 5, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSusannah Cahalan is the New York Times bestselling author of \"Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness,\" a memoir about her struggle with a rare autoimmune disease of the brain. She writes for the New York Post. Her work has also been featured in the New York Times, Scientific American Magazine, Glamour, Psychology Today, and others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45535161024834,"sku":"","price":7.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/greatpretend.jpg?v=1688914094","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/the-great-pretender-the-undercover-mission-that-changed-our-understanding-of-madness-susannah-cahalan","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}