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1990 book by Kate Millett
The Loony-Bin Trip is the seventh book by American
feminist and
anti-psychiatry writer and activist
Kate Millett. It was published in 1990 by
Simon & Schuster. In a review for
Hypatia, Thomas Steinbuch described the book as "an extraordinary account of [Millett's] personal experience with involuntary psychiatric commitment."
[1] It was nominated for the
3rd Lambda Literary Awards in the Lesbian Non-Fiction category.
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References
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^ Steinbuch, Thomas (1993). "'Take Your Pill Dear': Kate Millett and Psychiatry's Dark Side".
Hypatia. 8 (1): 197–204.
doi:
10.1111/j.1527-2001.1993.tb00639.x.
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"3rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards".
Lambda Literary Foundation. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
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Casey, Patricia R. (July 1992). "Book review: The Loony-Bin Trip".
British Journal of Psychiatry. 161 (1): 142.
doi:
10.1192/S0007125000124997.
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^ Hall, Lesley (June 1993). "Book review: The Loony-Bin Trip".
History of Psychiatry. 4 (14).
doi:
10.1177/0957154X9300401411.
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Dinnage, Rosemary (June 3, 1990).
"'I am one with the mad'".
The New York Times. Archived from
the original on May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
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"Book review: The Loony-Bin Trip".
Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
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"Book review: The Loony-Bin Trip".
Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
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^ Iwata, Edward (June 13, 1990).
"Kate Millett attacks psychiatry in The Loony-Bin Trip, an account of her fight to stay out of 'nightmarish' mental wards".
Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
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Yalom, Marilyn (May 13, 1990).
"Kate Millett's mental politics".
The Washington Times. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
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^ O'Connell, Mary (May 27, 1990). "How can one not be crazy here?".
Chicago Sun-Times.