{"product_id":"9780349128917-sleep-room","title":"The Sleep Room","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Very British Medical Scandal\u003cbr\u003eThe disturbing true story of an all-powerful British doctor called William Sargant who in the 1960s and 1970s abused his female patients with the full blessing of the psychiatric establishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shocking' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, five stars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compelling' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gripping expose' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eLacerating\u003ci\u003e'  \u003c\/i\u003eBlake Morrison,\u003ci\u003e Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Day \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautifully researched, wildly unsettling' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Sam Knight, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Premonitions Bureau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Richly sourced and admirable in its clarity,' Dr Kate Womersley, \u003ci\u003eThe Lancet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChosen as a best book of 2025 by The Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Royal Waterloo Hospital, London in the 1960s. Six young women lie asleep on low beds. Day and night no longer exist, extinguished by a potent cocktail of antipsychotic, sedative and anti-depressant drugs. The women are taken from their beds by the nurses and given electroconvulsive therapy before being put to sleep again. All under the predatory eye of Dr William Sargant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Sargant died in 1988, the obituaries were glowing. But since then, women treated without their consent and with often horrific side-effects lasting decades have been campaigning to tell the truth about Sargant. Author Jon Stock tells these women's stories as well delving into the murky history of Sargant's links with the CIA and M15, both of which took a close interest in his efforts to reprogramme the human mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs compulsive as a thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Sleep Room \u003c\/i\u003efinally gets to the truth of a scandal at the heart of the British medical establishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A devastating account.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Appignanesi, author of \u003ci\u003eMad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gripping medical biography' Frank Tallis, author of \u003ci\u003eMortal Secrets: Freud, Vienna and the Discovery of the Modern Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A chilling case study in dangerous psychiatry,' Cordelia Fine, author of \u003ci\u003ePatriarchy Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTestosterone Rex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57396562788726,"sku":"9780349128917","price":11.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40257929_ad20e71e-f7eb-448f-8164-2bf7002852f9.jpg?v=1773266661","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349128917-sleep-room","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}