382 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781838851415
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication date: 01 January 2020
Description
For centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness - how do you diagnose it, how do you treat it, how do you even know what it is? In search of an answer, in the 1970s a Stanford psychologist named David Rosenhan and seven other people...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,770 reviews
Moods
reflective 49%
challenging 43%
dark 19%
emotional 16%
mysterious 13%
sad 13%
hopeful 7%
inspiring 7%
tense 5%
adventurous 2%
Pace
slow 35%
fast 10%
Average rating
Content Warnings
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Mental illness, Medical content, Schizophrenia/PsychosisModerate
Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Medical traumaMinor
Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement
382 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781838851415
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication date: 01 January 2020
Description
For centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness - how do you diagnose it, how do you treat it, how do you even know what it is? In search of an answer, in the 1970s a Stanford psychologist named David Rosenhan and seven other people...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,770 reviews
Moods
reflective 49%
challenging 43%
dark 19%
emotional 16%
mysterious 13%
sad 13%
hopeful 7%
inspiring 7%
tense 5%
adventurous 2%
Pace
slow 35%
fast 10%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Mental illness, Medical content, Schizophrenia/PsychosisModerate
Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Medical traumaMinor
Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement