Book review : 'The Great Pretender : The Undercover Mission that Changed our Understanding of Madness' by Susan Cahalan

Connelly, Graham (2022) Book review : 'The Great Pretender : The Undercover Mission that Changed our Understanding of Madness' by Susan Cahalan. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 21 (2). ISSN 2976-9353

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Abstract

Using her journalism skills, Cahalan researched Rosenhan, who died in 2012, and attempted to track down family, colleagues – and the volunteer ‘pseudopatients’ documented in his paper. The Great Pretender is the story of that detective work, set within a broader context of present-day psychiatry and treatment for mental health difficulties in the USA.

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