Trigger Warning: Mentions of suicide, graphic self-harm, and general discussion of mental illness.

And we are BACK! We're going to a new season system so that Clare actually has time to research, and we're starting off with a Social Justice Book Club entry. This week, we cover Susannah Cahalan's The Great Pretender. Cahalan's book begins as an investigation into the Rosenhan experiment, in which a handful of people faked their way into mental institutions back in the late 1960s/early 1970s. From there, the book spirals out into a broader discussion of the history and present state of mental health care in the United States. Spoiler: It's real bad, folks.

Got Something to Say to [email protected]

Social Media!@rudehistory on twitter, instagram, and facebookrudehistoryeducation on tumblr