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"Norah 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."--Publisher description.
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Biography, Mental health, Psychiatric hospital patients, Journalists, Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Psychology, Psychiatric hospitals, Women journalists, Journalists, biography, Mentally ill, Medical care, united states, New York Times reviewed, Journalists, united states, Mentally ill, biography, Women, united states, biographyPeople
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Voluntary madness: my year lost and found in the loony bin
2010, Vintage
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Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
2009, Penguin Random House
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Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin, Library Edition
Sep 01, 2009, Blackstone Pub
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Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
2009, Penguin Random House, Chatto & Windus
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Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
Jan 13, 2009, Blackstone Audio, Inc., Blackstone Audiobooks
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Voluntary madness: lost and found in the mental healthcare system
2009, Penguin Books
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Voluntary madness: my year lost and found in the loony bin
2008, Viking
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Voluntary Madness
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
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The journalist who famously lived as a man commits herself—literallyNorah Vincent's New York Times bestselling book, 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. 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 applies brilliant insight as she exposes her personal struggle with depression and explores the range of people, caregivers, and methodologies that guide these strange, often scary, and bizarre environments. Eye opening, emotionally wrenching, and at times very funny, Voluntary Madness is a riveting work that exposes the state of mental healthcare in America from the inside out.
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