Psychiatry - The Most Elite Hospital in the World

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"I could eat most elegant food and not enjoy it. I could participate mechanically in sex and not feel a sense of enjoyment or transportment," he says. "He would pace. It was almost like the physical manifestation of his circular thoughts." The author's wife convinced him to check into Chestnut Lodge, an elite psychoanalytic hospital.

Ray Osheroff was a successful doctor in the DC area until his depression became debilitating. The way he was treated — and not treated — changed psychiatry. Rachel Aviv tells the surprising story of the rise of psychiatric medication.

Today’s show was produced by Miles Bryan and edited by Matthew Collette. It was engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.

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