Listen to Sarah discuss Pathological on NPR
With Dr. Paul Appelbaum, head of the DSM Steering Committee, and Dr. Tom Insel, former head of the National Institute of Mental Health
SELECTED PRESS
“Without a biological basis, how reliably can we diagnose and treat mental illness?” —Jenn White, NPR’s 1A
“Psychiatry is flawed, author Sarah Fay says — and there’s ‘no objective reality’” —Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon
“Sarah Fay: ‘Pathological-The True Story of Six Misdiagnosis’” —Alan Campbell, NPR’s Watching America
“Can you trust your mental health diagnosis?” —Krys Boyd, NPR’s THINK
“Author And Mental Health Advocate Sarah Fay On Navigating A Mental Health Diagnosis, Self-Stigma And Mental Health At Work” —Jess Cording, Forbes
“Challenges of Mental Health Diagnoses with Sarah Fay” —Eric Zimmerman, The One You Feed podcast
“Pathological—The True Story of Six Misdiagnosis” —Lynn Ware Peek and Pete Stoughton, NPR’s This Mountain Life
“Should You Always Trust Your Mental Health Diagnosis?” —Radio Health Journal
“Former NIMH Director Thomas Insel & Sarah Fay On Fixing the Broken Mental Health Care System” —Doug Bopst, The Adversity Advantage podcast
Press: Pathological
Reviews and Mentions
16 Great Books About Mental Health for Empathy, Insight and So Much More, Parade Magazine, August 2022
New Memoirs Bristling with Wit, Warmth and Spiky Intelligence, The New York Times, 2022
“Pathological: A review of a compelling new memoir on psychiatric error and hubris,” Psychology Today, June 2022
“Why Are We So ‘Ill’? A Review of Sarah Fay’s ‘Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses,’” New City, May 2022
Starred Kirkus Review: Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses, March 2022
Interviews
The Rumpus, June 2022
Forbes, May 2022
WGN Morning News, May 2022
NPR’s Watching America, May 2022
NPR’s KERA/Think, April 2022
NPR’s 1A with Thomas Insel and Paul Appelbaum, April 2022
Salon, March 2022