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Just for the Summer: Memoirs from a mental hospital
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Just for the Summer: Memoirs from a mental hospital Paperback - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Laurel Lorraine Lancer Ph. D.


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Laurel's disturbing and abusive childhood, followed by a poor marriage, resulted in a month-long visit to a mental hospital, where in the 1960s, the use of electroshock and insulin shock therapy was prevalent. With humor and pathos, Laurel poignantly describes her insulin and shock treatments, the insensitivity of the hospital staff, and the numerous psychiatric problems of various patients. The author, now a PhD. in psychology, relates her memoirs with insight and compassion. In addition to the mistreatment of mental patients in the 50s and 60s, the accounts of various psychiatric disturbances will be of particular interest to students of human nature. Similar to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," Laurel's story of her thirty days of treatment provides an expose of the pitifully inadequate treatment for mental health issues at that time.

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  • Title Just for the Summer: Memoirs from a mental hospital
  • Author Laurel Lorraine Lancer Ph. D.
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 268
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher iUniverse
  • Date 2009-08-19
  • ISBN 9780595485369 / 0595485367
  • Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.61 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.55 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 616.890

About the author

Dr. Lancer retired from teaching and counseling. She earned advanced degrees in higher education and psychology. She has two children. As she grew older she wanted to tell her story. Currently Dr. Lancer is writing and illustrating children's books. This is her first adult book
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