The Loony-Bin Trip Explained

The Loony-Bin Trip
Border:	yes
Author:	Kate Millett
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Pub Date:	1990
Media Type:	Print
Pages:	316
Isbn:	0-671-67930-9

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.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Steinbuch . Thomas . 1993 . 'Take Your Pill Dear': Kate Millett and Psychiatry's Dark Side . . 8 . 1 . 197–204 . 10.1111/j.1527-2001.1993.tb00639.x.
2. Web site: 3rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards . May 7, 2023 . Lambda Literary Foundation.
3. Casey . Patricia R. . Patricia Casey . July 1992 . Book review: The Loony-Bin Trip . . 161 . 1 . 142 . 10.1192/S0007125000124997.
4. Hall . Lesley . June 1993 . Book review: The Loony-Bin Trip . . 4 . 14 . 10.1177/0957154X9300401411.
5. News: Dinnage . Rosemary . Rosemary Dinnage . June 3, 1990 . 'I am one with the mad' . . subscription . May 5, 2023 . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/cgHSe . May 7, 2023.
6. Web site: Book review: The Loony-Bin Trip . May 5, 2023 . Kirkus Reviews.
7. Web site: Book review: The Loony-Bin Trip . May 5, 2023 . Publishers Weekly.
8. News: 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 . . May 6, 2023.
9. News: Yalom . Marilyn . Marilyn Yalom . May 13, 1990 . Kate Millett's mental politics . . May 7, 2023.
10. News: O'Connell . Mary . May 27, 1990 . How can one not be crazy here? . Chicago Sun-Times.