Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
ISBN-13:
9780670019717
ISBN-10:
0670019712
Edition:
1
Author:
Norah Vincent
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Viking
Format:
Hardcover
304 pages
Category:
Medical
,
Professionals & Academics
,
Depression
,
Mental Health
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ISBN-13:
9780670019717
ISBN-10:
0670019712
Edition:
1
Author:
Norah Vincent
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Viking
Format:
Hardcover
304 pages
Category:
Medical
,
Professionals & Academics
,
Depression
,
Mental Health
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Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin (ISBN-13: 9780670019717 and ISBN-10: 0670019712), written by authors
Norah Vincent, was published by Viking in 2008.
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From the author of The New York Times bestseller Self- Made Man, a captivating expose of depression and mental illness in America
Revelatory, deeply personal, and utterly relevant, Voluntary Madness is a controversial work that unveils the state of mental healthcare in the United States from the inside out. At the conclusion of her celebrated first book--Self-Made Man, in which she soent eighteen months disguised as a man-Norah Vincent found herself emotionally drained and severely depressed.
Determined but uncertain about maintaining her own equilibrium, she boldly committed herself to three different facilities-a big-city hospital, a private clinic in the Midwest, and finally an upscale retreat in the South. Voluntary Madness is the chronicle of Vincent's journey through the world of the mentally ill as she struggles to find her own health and happiness.
Revelatory, deeply personal, and utterly relevant, Voluntary Madness is a controversial work that unveils the state of mental healthcare in the United States from the inside out. At the conclusion of her celebrated first book--Self-Made Man, in which she soent eighteen months disguised as a man-Norah Vincent found herself emotionally drained and severely depressed.
Determined but uncertain about maintaining her own equilibrium, she boldly committed herself to three different facilities-a big-city hospital, a private clinic in the Midwest, and finally an upscale retreat in the South. Voluntary Madness is the chronicle of Vincent's journey through the world of the mentally ill as she struggles to find her own health and happiness.
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