The Great Pretender: A damning diagnosis of a well-known psychiatric experiment
Psychiatry: Susannah Cahalan reveals how the results of a famous study into psychiatric malpractice weren’t as clear cut as they initially appeared
The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission that changed our Understanding of Madness
By Susannah Cahalan
Canongate, €21
Susannah Cahalan was a journalist in New York when her life was suddenly turned upside down. Out of nowhere, she started exhibiting signs of psychosis and was prey to terrifying delusions – most alarmingly, she believed she could age people with her mind.
Initially, psychiatrists considered her a lost cause. Thankfully, upon the insistence of her parents, she ...