Voluntary Madness MP3: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
by Norah Vincent
2021-05-27 00:17:14
Voluntary Madness MP3: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
by Norah Vincent
2021-05-27 00:17:14
Norah Vincent's Self-Made Man ended on a harrowing note. Suffering from severe depression after her eighteen months living disguised as a man, Vincent felt she was a danger to herself. On the advice of her psychologist she committed herself to a ment...
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Norah Vincent's Self-Made Man ended on a harrowing note. Suffering from severe depression after her eighteen months living disguised as a man, Vincent felt she was a danger to herself. On the advice of her psychologist she committed herself to a mental institution. Vincent's journey takes her from a big city hospital to a facility in the Midwest and finally to an upscale retreat down south, as she analyzes the impact of institutionalization on the unwell, the tyranny of drugs-as-treatment, and the dysfunctional dynamic between caregivers and patients.
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