num_pages: 304
description: From the author of The New York Times bestseller Self-Made Man a captivating expose of depression and mental illness in AmericaRevelatory 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 bookSelf-Made Man in which she spent eighteen months disguised as a manNorah Vincent found herself emotionally drained and severely depressed.Determined but uncertain about maintaining her own equilibrium she boldly committed herself to three different facilitiesa 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.
language: English
title: Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
publisher: Viking