Investigative journalist Susannah Cahalan is the author of "The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness." (Shannon Taggart) In 1973, Stanford psychologist ...

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In 1973, psychologist and Stanford University professor David Rosenhan published a journal article that shook the world of psychiatry to its core. "On Being Sane in Insane Places" was the result of a ...

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Books about mental illness often reflect on how reality is experienced. In addition to the standard questions — What do we know, and how do we know it? — is another layer of inquiry: What do we know ...

Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. Cahalan’s second book, The Great Pretender Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. “If sanity and insanity exist, ...

Journalist and Brain on Fire author Susannah Cahalan writes in an urgent, personal book that the '70s study by David Rosenhan had an outsized... In 1973, psychologist and Stanford University professor ...