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Inside the Cuckoo’s Nest: My Time in a Psych Ward

Inside the Cuckoo’s Nest: My Time in a Psych Ward

by | Sep 16, 2024 |

My only knowledge of psych wards growing up was from movies. One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Girl Interrupted, etc. I never knew anyone who had personally been admitted, or at least no one honest about it. My high school in Hartford, CT was...

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