Title: I'm not crazy : the true story of Frances Deitrick's flight from a psychiatric snake pit to freedom /
Authors: Deitrick, Frances I.
Publisher: New Horizon Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Deitrick, Frances I. Health.; Deitrick, Frances I. Mental health.; Hospitals, Psychiatric; Brain Neoplasms; Psychiatric hospital patients New York (State) Biography.; Brain Tumors Patients New York (State) Biography.; New York
Abstract: Feeling sick and depressed because of her broken engagement, Frances Deitrick decides to confront her ex-fiance. On her way to his house, she is involved in an automobile accident. Dazed and incoherent, she is taken to a local hospital where doctors judge Frances emotionally ill and throw her into the psychiatric ward. Vainly, she tries to convince those around her that she is not insane. She is not believed. Frances must submit to a horrible confinement - a world of strip searches, potent drugs and physical abuse. I'm Not Crazy is the incredible story of Frances Deitrick's struggle for freedom. Her plea that her condition is not mental but a physical illness is voiced against the odds of unfeeling doctors and violent patients. Thus, Frances not only fights for freedom, but also for survival.