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For centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness. If we don't know what it is, how can we diagnose and treat it? In the 1970s, Stanford psychologist David Rosenhan and seven other mentally healthy, functioning members of society attempted to find an answer to this question. They anonymously admitted themselves to mental health facilities across America to test the validity of psychiatric labels. They were forced to stay until they could "prove" they were mentally healthy, and all eight left not only with troubling diagnoses but with even more alarming stories from their treatment. Rosenhan's groundbreaking research brought about a fundamental change in psychiatry, leading to the closure of psychiatric institutions and forever altering the way psychiatric diagnoses are determined. Susannah Cahalan presents her brilliant research in this almost detective story and shows that not everything happened as it seemed at first glance. What really went on behind the closed doors of the facilities?
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Author: Cahalanová Susannah
Publication date: April 6, 2021
Manufacturer: IKAR, a.s.
Genres: Slovak literature, Books, Foreign language books
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 432
ISBN/EAN: 9788055176468