in the uk and around the world. we start with the latest on the military coup in myanmar. there s now an internet blackout enforced across the country. and there are troop deployments in response to the mass demonstrations. western embassies in myanmar have called on the country s military to refrain from violence against demonstrators and civilians. this comes after reports security forces opened fire to disperse a protest. armoured vehicles have been seen driving round the streets of central yangon for first time since the coup two weeks ago. many drivers expressed their anger by beeping their horns. our reporter nin yah ay filed this report from yangon just before the blackout started. back on the streets for the first time since the coup, the military have returned to central yangon. tonight, the generals want to send a powerful message to those planning to take part in a nationwide strike on monday. tensions are high across the city. as news of more arrests filter out, p
hello and welcome to the program. we start with the latest on the military coup in myanmar. there s now an internet blackout enforced across the country. news comes in the last few minutes. and there are troop deployments in response to the mass demonstrations. western embassies in myanmar have called on the country s military to refrain from violence against this comes after reports security forces opened fire to disperse a protest. cars beeping armoured vehicles have been seen driving round the streets of central yangon for first time since the coup two weeks ago. many drivers expressed their anger by beeping their horns. our reporter nin yah ay filed this report from yangon just before the blackout started. back on the streets for the first time since the coup, the military have returned to central yangon. tonight, the generals want to send a powerful message to those planning to take part in a nationwide strike on monday. tensions are high across the city. as news of more
the moment we were admitted to the hospital, we abandoned our symptom, and we behaved the way we usually behave. the question was, would anyone detect we were sane? the answer was, no. susan: your new book, the great pretender, centers around the story of this man. who is he? susannah: he s a stanford professor, and he was the architect of this amazing study with the incredible footage you just played, called on being sane in insane places. he and seven other people undercover innt psychiatric hospitals around the country. their mission was to test the nature of diagnosis and see if there sanity would be detected. as he said, they were not. susan: the study was done in the early 1970 s. why are you interested in it today? susannah: it came from a very personal place. i emerged from my previous book, my memoir, brain on fire, my experienceed with an autoimmune disease that targeted my brain that was briefly misdiagnosed as a serious mental illness. originally bipolar disorde
the hospital, we abandoned our symptom, and we behaved the way we usually behave. the question was, would anyone detect we were sane? the answer was, no. host: your new book, the great pretender, centers around the story of this man. who is he? susannah: he s a stanford professor who was the architect of this amazing study with the incredible footage you just played, called on being sane in insane places. just has he has described, he and seven other people reportedly went undercover in psychiatric hospitals around the country to test the nature of diagnosis and see if their sanity would be detected. as he said, they were not. the study was done in the early 1970 s. why are you interested in it today? susannah: it came from a very personal place. i had my previous book, my memoir, brain on fire, which targeted my experience that was briefly misdiagnosed as a serious mental illness. originally bipolar disorder and then schizoaffective disorder. after that book came out, i
a group of colleagues and i gained admission to psychiatric hospitals by simulating, by faking a single symptom. we said we heard voices. the voices said, empty, dull, thud. the moment we were admitted to the hospital, we abandoned our symptom, and we behaved the way we usually behave. the question was, would anyone detect we were sane? the answer was, no. we have tested her for every infectious disease and all of the results are negative. or eeg is completely normal. her mri is normal. it s all normal. her condition continues to regress. mania, paranoia. first they are saying it s schizophrenic, than they are saying it s psychotic. we should look at hospitals better equipped to deal with this. you look fine. host: when did this happen to you? susannah: i was 24 at the time. a lot of that time i don t remember. it s always very bizarre to see it re-created in movie form. i wrote about about a time that is very much lost to me, and then it was re-created, so i h