Term

Schizophrenia

A severe mental disorder that can involve hallucinations, delusions and disordered thinking. Seven of the pseudopatients were given this diagnosis.

The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness, Susannah Cahalan

Explained in

• The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness, Susannah Cahalan
• Making Up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World, Chris Frith

  A mental disorder in which a person may hear voices that are not there and feel their own thoughts or movements as someone else's.

• The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, Elyn R. Saks

  A severe mental disorder that may disrupt thinking, perception, and contact with reality. It manifests very differently in different people; only a doctor can diagnose it.

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