Asylum

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by Patrick McGrath · 1996

Asylum is a 1996 gothic fiction novel by British author Patrick McGrath. Narrated from the perspective of a psychiatrist, it explores self-obsession and a destructive affair involving a patient’s wife; it was adapted into a 2005 film.

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Lex Fridman Podcast
Psychiatry confronts its history of certainty and harm
The episode asks how a field with an uncertain evidence base can treat severe suffering without repeating the institutional and commercial abuses of its past.
Sep 17, 2026 · 3h 44m

1 episode featuring Asylum

Psychiatry confronts its history of certainty and harm