The Loony-Bin Trip

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]

The Loony-Bin Trip
Cover of the first edition
AuthorKate Millett
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
1990
Media typePrint
Pages316
ISBN0-671-67930-9

References
  1. 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.
  2. "3rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary Foundation. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  3. Casey, Patricia R. (July 1992). "Book review: The Loony-Bin Trip". British Journal of Psychiatry. 161 (1): 142. doi:10.1192/S0007125000124997.
  4. Hall, Lesley (June 1993). "Book review: The Loony-Bin Trip". History of Psychiatry. 4 (14). doi:10.1177/0957154X9300401411.
  5. 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.
  6. "Book review: The Loony-Bin Trip". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  7. "Book review: The Loony-Bin Trip". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  8. 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.
  9. Yalom, Marilyn (May 13, 1990). "Kate Millett's mental politics". The Washington Times. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  10. O'Connell, Mary (May 27, 1990). "How can one not be crazy here?". Chicago Sun-Times.


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