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The main points of: Reading 'Girl, Interrupted' in the Psych Ward

Springtime is suicide weather.

The writer of the article had been suicidal at one point in their life.

She had been held in an involuntary 72 hour hold in a hotel.

The things the person was supposed to do in the ward were somewhat similar to what was done in the movie; for example, meals at a certain time, meds at a certain time, therapy at a certain time, etc.

The psychiatric field prefers compliant patients.

A majority of the support in the ward came from the other patients.

The book was what made the idea of the hospital bearable.

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