Psychiatry used to be all talk. Then came a patient named Ray Osheroff. Producer Chris Benderev tells us what became of the man who changed therapy. (26 minutes)
Rachel Aviv’s latest book is Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us. Eric Caplan is looking for a publisher for his book Do No Harm: Osheroff v. Chestnut Lodge and the Future of Psychiatry.
Song:
“(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden” by Lynn Anderson
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