one lamb flew over the silent 12 interrupted monkey girl nests
films like "girl, interrupted," "one flew over the cuckoo's nest," "silence of the lambs" and "12 monkeys" all offer pop-culture depictions of psychiatric hospitals
three months were spent in three units of descending security levels in a psych ward
avid notes were taken of the surroundings
conversations with patients and staff members were also documented
hollywood was mostly wrong
here are actual documents, assemssments, rules for sexual conduct and details of what it means to be on a state-committment as mentally ill and dangerous
authentication of commitment
at a psychiatric hospital
provides credibility
that the portrait painted in ijwd is
not author frabrication or exaggeration
this is a report -this is how it was
soul-searching moral redemption required more than just treatment - continue reading for research on the neurology that inhibits recovery and learn why
addiction and mental illness is not your fault