Showing results for "Asylum" in Psychology & Mental Health

In this deeply moving and resourceful memoir, beloved actor-director and New York Times best-selling author Joe Pantoliano takes aim at the stigma attached to what he calls “brain dis-ease” by writing candidly and humorously about his own journey through clinical depression and addiction.

Mary Pengilly recounts her harrowing experience as an inmate in a Lunatic Asylum, a circumstance orchestrated by her own sons. Her diary, the very essence of this book, paints a vivid picture of the brutal conditions and inhumane treatment she endured under the supervision of the asylums nurses. After her release, Mary bravely takes matters into her own hands, determined to expose the shocking realities of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum to the world.

In My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum, author Herman Merivale recounts his harrowing time in an English countryside asylum during the 1860s. Dubbed a sane patient, Merivale shares his unsettling journey through a system rife with caricatures of the mentally disturbed, where both prisoners and wardens exhibit alarming behaviors. He encounters a mix of lofty psychology experts—some genuinely concerned, others woefully clueless—while nurses vacillate between withholding and over-dispensing medications. The wardens, employing brutal tactics to enforce compliance, reveal the cruelty of ...

Hiram Chase, a beloved Reverend in the small town of Utica, finds his mental and physical health unraveling, leading to his admission into the Utica lunatic asylum. During his time there, Hiram chronicles his harrowing experiences and those of his fellow patients, offering a poignant glimpse into daily life within the asylums walls. His narrative not only highlights the challenges he faced but also pays tribute to the compassionate souls he encountered during his extraordinary Two Years and Four Months in a Lunatic Asylum. (Summary by Elaine Webb)

"One of America's most courageous young journalists" and the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Brain on Fire investigates the shocking mystery behind the dramatic experiment that revolutionized modern medicine (NPR). Doctors have struggled for centuries to define insanity--how...