The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head

A Psychiatrist’s Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases

De: Gary Small, Gigi Vorgan

Narrado por: Marc Cashman

“Stories of human behavior at its most extreme….With humor, compassion, empathy, and insight, Small searches for and finds the humanity that lies hidden under even the most bizarre symptoms.”
—Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New Mind

A psychiatrist’s stories of his most bizarre cases, The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head by Gary Small, M.D., and Gigi Vorgan—co-authors of The Memory Bible—offers a fascinating and highly entertaining look into the peculiarities of the human mind. In the vein of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings, and the other bestselling works of Oliver Sacks, The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head surprises, enthralls, and illuminates as it focuses on medical mysteries that would stump and amaze the brilliant brains on House, M.D.

interesting

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

yes, to understand how interesting psychology is. And to prove that intuitions don;t work in psychology, and diagnosis and therapy can be very tricky.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Dr. Small, who always takes the criticism on chin.

What three words best describe Marc Cashman’s voice?

clear, pleasant, not-monotonous.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes.

Any additional comments?

The name. I understand that the

Turns Medical Oddities into Universally Relatable Experiences

Thoughtful intertwining of an autobiographical narrative with an inside look at the medical decision making, and professional growth of psychiatrists. The author doesn’t water down or over simplify the neuropsychological aspects of this book in the patronizing way some doctors do. Nor does this story exploit his former patients in a gawking way. Rather, it tells tales that build compassion for both the subject and the narrator, in a way that makes you rejoice their successes and triumphs, and ache with sadness over their frustrating defeats.

The narrator aptly preforms, even changing pitch and other distinguishing characteristics to provide depth to each character during complex recitations of dialogue that could otherwise be a bit hard to follow.

My only complaint was that this book was far too short.

great listen

really enjoyed this book while on my drives to work or around the house, plus it taught me interesting things about our minds

Great book!

For anyone interested in psychology or psychiatry, this is a must read. As Dr. Gary Small reflects on some of his more interesting cases, the reader has the opportunity for a little self-examining. This is edutainment at its best!

I loved it.

This book was great. Very entertaining and intriguing. Learned a lot about mental illness and how to look out for certain habits/symptoms.

So interesting, great stories.

If you could sum up The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head in three words, what would they be?

A great compilation of patient stories and the thoughts of the doctor as he grew from a young man "faking" it to a seasoned professional. You move along with him on his journey and you can come out the other side, at least a little better of a person than you started as.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes!

not good, not bad

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

not really. it is not a bad book, but has nothing to do with bizarre. I work in the field and the cases presented in this book are far from bizarre, they simply usual cases. it is not a bad read, but a common one.

90% Useless Information

I was intrigued by the description of this book and I was looking forward to listening to psychiatric case histories. However, the author padded this book with so much useless content on topics such as the lives of co-workers, quality of life in Boston vs Los Angeles, and his personal morning routines, that I am convinced he was being paid per word. Also, the author relates case information starting from the 1970's but includes too many details about things like what newspaper his colleague was reading and what danish he ordered at a coffee shop. He lost credibility by adding all these details as they did nothing to advance the story and because it is improbable that anyone would remember such mundane minutia almost 40 years later.