The loony-bin trip

Description:

*The Loony-Bin Trip* is the gripping personal story of Kate Millett's struggle to regain control of her life after being diagnosed as manic-depressive. Through a searing circle of events beginning with Millett's decision to go off medication, and a summer of increasingly ominous doubts about her own sanity and the loyalty of her friends, to a hellish sojurn in an Irish mental hospital and a paralyzing bout of depression, Millett shows us from the inside what devastation the specter of madness can cause. Shockingly honest, *The Loony-Bin Trip* may revolutionize the way we think about mental illness.

subjects: Mental health,  Antipsychiatry,  Psychotherapy patients,  Biography,  Millett, Kate -- Mental health.,  Psychotherapy patients -- United States -- Biography.,  Antipsychiatry.,  Institutionalization,  Bipolar Disorder,  Therapy,  Psychotherapy,  Millett, kate, 1934-,  New York Times reviewed,  Personal Narratives

People: Kate Millett

Places: United States