Surf these sites: Bud Powell 1924-1966 -- Taken to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation, he wrote on the admittance form under occupation: ''Pianist and composer of over 1,000 songs.'' To which the attending doctor wrote, ''delusions of grandeur'' and put him in a straitjacket. Janet Frame: ''An Angel at My Table'' -- Janet Frame, the noted New Zealand author, was devastated by her experiences in a psychiatric hospital. Journals of a Child Molester -- An accurate daily journal of events and feelings from the perspective of the perpetrator. "My reason for making this journal public is simple. If anything in this journal helps someone in any way so that one less child in this world is hurt, then it is all worth it." Something Ain''t Right in the Cuckoo''s Nest -- Having gone through psychiatric system as a "consumer," as well as worked in the mental health system, I am familiar with states of mind that are referred to as "mental illness" and stigmas that go along with being so labeled. To be a Mental Patient -- To be a mental patient is to be stigmatized, ostracized, socialized, patronized and psychiatrized.
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