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Mental Health A Thon: Own VoicesFrances Farmer was a Hollywood actress in the 1940's. She was not a superstar but she was a well known actress. I've never seen any of her movies but I'm gonna make an effort to seek them out. Frances' career and life came to a screeching halt with the onset of Mental Illness. In the book she never gives us a diagnosis ( she doesn't think she's ill) but from the descriptions of her behavior it seems like Bipolar. Frances Farmer spends 20 years in and out of mental institutions. Her descriptions of these institutions were horrific. I felt awful for her but I also can't help but question if all her experiences were true. This book was published in 1972 after Frances Farmer's death by her "friend" Jean Ratcliffe, to whom the book is also dedicated to. This "memoir" is at times over the top. The language is very sensationalized. Despite wanting to believe her story something just seemed off about the narrative. I'm happy I read this book, because it was very fascinating to read about how mental health was treated in the 1940's & 1950's. Luckily we have come a long way in how we deal with mental illness. If everything or even a small percentage of the things described in this book actually happened then what Frances Farmer had to endure was truly heartbreaking and terrifying. No rec.