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Den 18-årige Susanna Kaysen bliver i slutningen af 1960'erne indlagt på psykiatrisk hospital efter et selvmordsforsøg. Her oplever hun fællesskabet med de andre piger, som er dårligere end hende selv og venskabet med den stærkt psykotiske Lisa, der har mistet ethvert håb
In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, [the author] was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in [that] psychiatric hospital.-Back cover.
"In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years in the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as renowned for its famous clientel…
Kaysen writes of her experiences, augmented by pages from her medical record, in a psychiatric hospital and of the social and emotional assumptions that divide people into deviant or normal.
In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as renowned for its famous clientele…
"The author offers a compelling memoir of her two years as a teenager in a psychiatric hospital, sharing vivid portraits of her fellow patients, their keepers, and her experiences during treatment."--Publisher.
Kaysen writes of her experiences, augmented by pages from her medical record, in a psychiatric hospital and of the social and emotional assumptions that divide people into deviant or normal.
In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as renowned for its famous clientele…