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001 2008029034
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008 080630s2008 nyu 000 0aeng
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050 00 $aRC464.V56$bA3 2008
082 00 $a362.2/1092$aB$222
100 1 $aVincent, Norah.
245 10 $aVoluntary madness :$bmy year lost and found in the loony bin /$cNorah Vincent.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2008.
300 $a287 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $aNorah Vincent's last book left her emotionally drained. Suffering from severe depression, Vincent felt she was a danger to herself. On the advice of her psychologist she committed herself to a mental institution. Out of this raw and overwhelming experience came the idea for her next book. She decided to get healthy and to study the effect of treatment on the depressed and insane "in the bin," as she calls it. 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. Vincent exposes her personal struggle insightfully as she explores the range of people, caregivers, and methodologies that guide these strange, often scary, and bizarre environments.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aCurriculum -- Bedlam : Meriwether -- Interim -- Asylum : St. Luke's -- Pendulum -- Sanctum : Mobius -- Continuum.
600 10 $aVincent, Norah$xMental health.
650 0 $aPsychiatric hospital patients$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aJournalists$zUnited States$vBiography.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0904/2008029034-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0904/2008029034-d.html