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Susanna Kaysen

November 11, 1948 -

Susanna Kaysen was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kaysen attended high school at the Commonwealth School in Boston and the Cambridge School before being sent to McLean Hospital in 1967 to undergo psychiatric treatment for depression. It was there she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. She was released after eighteen months. She later drew on this experience for her 1993 memoir Girl, Interrupted, which was made into a film in 1999.

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  • Cover of: The Camera My Mother Gave Me

    First published in 2001 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition cameramymotherga0000kays
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  • Cover of: Asa, as I knew him

    First published in 1987 4 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Girl, interrupted

    First published in 1993 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition girlinterrupted0000kays Cover of edition girlinterrupted00kays
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    First published in 1995 2 editions in 2 languages
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    First published in 1996 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Durchgeknallt: Bericht aus einer parallelen Welt

    First published in 2000 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, Fiction, general, Biography, Massachusetts, biography, Mentally ill, biography, Psychiatric hospitals, Women, mental health, American Authors, Anthropologists, Art appreciation, Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung, Commitment of Mentally Ill, Diseases, Gynecologist and patient, Gynecology, Health, Health and hygiene, Intellectual life, Large type books, Man-woman relationships, Mental Disorders, Mental health, New York Times reviewed, Patients, Personal Narratives
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Cambridge (Mass.), Massachusetts
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Susanna Kaysen, Susanna Kaysen (1948-)
Time
20th century

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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 7, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar author bio & photo
April 7, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import