psychiatric hospital patients

Presents the screenplay of the film "Girl, Interrupted," based on Susanna Kaysen's memoir-novel about her year in a mental institution; also includes storyboards and an interview with the film's director, John Mangold.

After Scratch and Kevin support her recovery from pills and vodka, Dani is able to face her family's severe dysfunction by getting away from the "game" forever.

Contains the complete text of the novel about the disastrous power struggle between a head nurse and a male patient in a mental institution, with writings by the author, literary criticism, excerpts from analogous works, and other reviews and essays.

Presents a biography of Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, chronicling her marriage, artistic ambitions, and bouts with madness.

U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner Chuck Aule begin to fear for their own lives and sanity when their investigation on Shutter Island into how a patient escaped the Ashcliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane yields more questions than answers.

A rebel named Randle Patrick McMurphy is committed to a mental ward and challenges the authority of its dictatorial head nurse. Includes line drawings by the author.

The author describes her two-year stay at a psychiatric hospital renowned for its famous clientele and for its progressive methods of treatment.

Explains how the "Oxford English Dictionary" was created and discusses the relationship between the editor and one of his most influential contributors, a psychotic murderer in one of England's cruelest asylums.

Explains how the "Oxford English Dictionary" was created and discusses the relationship between the editor and one of his most influential contributors, a psychotic murderer in one of England's cruelest asylums.