A review by koryandreas
The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan

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.”