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Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness by Andrew Scull

Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness audiobook runs 18.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Keeble (about 12.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.6listening hrs
Mental Health & Psychologystore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day38 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 18.6 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.

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Jonathan Keeble narrates 378 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,136 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf

100 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness is an audiobook by Andrew Scull: a 18.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Keeble, released May 31, 2022, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.6 hrs
Narrated by
Jonathan Keeble
Released
May 31, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mental Health & Psychology
ISBN
9798765041802

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness audiobook?

Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness runs 18.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.4 hours.

Is the Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness audiobook free?

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Who narrates Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness?

Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness is narrated by Jonathan Keeble.

Is Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.4 hours, saving 6.2 hours.