The great pretender: the undercover mission that changed our understanding of madness [First edition: November 2019]
9781538715284, 9781549175299, 9781549175282, 9781538715260, 1537441620171, 1538715287
From "one of America's most courageous young journalists" (NPR) comes a propulsive narrative history inve
Table of contents : Mirror image -- Nellie Bly -- The seat of madness -- On being sane in insane places -- A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma -- The essence of David -- "Go slowly, and perhaps not at all" -- "I might not be unmasked" -- Committed -- Nine days inside a madhouse -- Getting in -- ...And only the insane knew who was sane -- W. Underwood -- Crazy eights -- Ward 11 -- Soul on ice -- Rosemary Kennedy -- The truth seeker -- "All other questions follow from that" -- Criterionating -- The SCID -- The footnote -- "It's all in your mind" -- Shadow mental health care system -- The hammer -- An epidemic -- Moons of Jupiter -- index.