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koryandreas's review against another edition
4.0
“Psychiatry at its best is what all medicine needs more of—humanity, art, listening, and empathy—but at its worst it is driven by fear, judgment, and hubris. In the end, the takeaway, repeated again and again in my interviews, is: Medicine in general, and psychiatry in particular, is as mysterious and soulful as it is scientific.”
afestivalaparade's review against another edition
challenging
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
3.75
shasta_queen_of_hell's review against another edition
Just couldn’t fully get into it
emmettpatterson's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
eldritchreader's review against another edition
3.0
Actual rating: 3.5
This was a super fascinating topic. If you are a psychology or human behaviour experiment buff, you will likely enjoy this book.
Cahalan puts together a story that is unique - in that, you get an investigative journal story and feel, alongside a renowned psychological experiment.
Overall the audio was super engaging. Although I found that at some points it did become a little jargon-y (even for someone with a psych background, such as myself). Just a heads up. But it wasn't so much that it put me off the story or left me feeling lost and confused.
Thank you to Libro.FM and the publisher for providing me with a copy of the audiobook in exchange for an honest review!
This was a super fascinating topic. If you are a psychology or human behaviour experiment buff, you will likely enjoy this book.
Cahalan puts together a story that is unique - in that, you get an investigative journal story and feel, alongside a renowned psychological experiment.
Overall the audio was super engaging. Although I found that at some points it did become a little jargon-y (even for someone with a psych background, such as myself). Just a heads up. But it wasn't so much that it put me off the story or left me feeling lost and confused.
Thank you to Libro.FM and the publisher for providing me with a copy of the audiobook in exchange for an honest review!
callienicole's review against another edition
4.0
I read Cahalan's other book, Brain On Fire, so I was really interested in this one. It's partly the story of this guy who tried to infiltrate assylums and expose abuse, and partly an examination of how we handle mental illness in America today. There was some language in this book, and the author takes some positions I don't agree with (she definitely gets on her soapbox here and there). Also some rather disturbing descriptions of homosexuality "treatment" through history, watch out for that section if you are sensitive to sexual content. But overall, the most interesting aspect was how this one man changed how we treat mental illness, and though some good things resulted, the book suggests perhaps the closing of asylums wasn't fully a good thing since many people with mental illness aren't really helped at all now. Gave me alot to think about.