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A review by kdfugle
The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan
4.0
I RECIEVED THIS ARC COPY FROM A GIVEAWAY
Again, Susannah Cahalan has written a very excellent book. As someone going into medicine, fascinated in psychology, it was inciteful to hear about the transformation of the field from its past to now. I have acknowledged for years there is much progress that needs to be made in the field of psychology. But I genuinely hope these changes are on the horizon and that information that has eluded us until now on causes for these diseases are revealed.
That being said, as this is an ARC (which I should have read years ago but put off due to school), it did feel a bit sporadic. I have no clue if this was improved in the finalized version. There did seem to be some random jumps to topics that the author felt relevant, which were, however the transitions were sometimes sudden. I did appreciate the detailed breakdown of this specific study, and how the possibly fabrication of the results influenced so heavily the current operation of the field.
Great read overall. I hope to share this book with my school's psychiatry and behavioral medicine club.
Again, Susannah Cahalan has written a very excellent book. As someone going into medicine, fascinated in psychology, it was inciteful to hear about the transformation of the field from its past to now. I have acknowledged for years there is much progress that needs to be made in the field of psychology. But I genuinely hope these changes are on the horizon and that information that has eluded us until now on causes for these diseases are revealed.
That being said, as this is an ARC (which I should have read years ago but put off due to school), it did feel a bit sporadic. I have no clue if this was improved in the finalized version. There did seem to be some random jumps to topics that the author felt relevant, which were, however the transitions were sometimes sudden. I did appreciate the detailed breakdown of this specific study, and how the possibly fabrication of the results influenced so heavily the current operation of the field.
Great read overall. I hope to share this book with my school's psychiatry and behavioral medicine club.