“Suzanne Scanlon enters the inverted space of grief and near-madness with courage, intelligence, and wit—and with a small, sharp light for us to follow.” —Dawn RaffelA series of fragmentary tales tells the story of Lizzie, a young woman who, in her early twenties, unexpectedly embarks on a journey through psychiatric institutions, a journey that will end up lasting many years. With echoes of Sylvia Plath, and against a cultural backdrop that includes Shakespeare, W...

A raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad—and doing both at once.When Suzanne Scanlon was a student at Barnard in the 90s, grieving the loss of her mother—feeling untethered and swimming through inarticulable pain—she made a suicide attempt that landed her in the New York State Psychiatric Institute.After nearly three years and countless experimental treatments, Suzanne left the ward on shaky legs. In the decades it took her to recover...

Lizzie a perdu la sensation d’être elle-même. Elle vient de faire une tentative de suicide et est internée dans un hôpital psychiatrique de New York. Les médecins défilent et elle a dû mal à s’identifier à leurs diagnostics. Mais elle voit leur pensée patriarcale, le décalage entre elle, eux et les règles de la société.Lizzie tisse des liens avec les autres patientes : Les, Heather, Félicité. Émergent alors...

J’aime l’intimité des personnages qui m’enchaine au texte, dans ce livre il y a tant de nous, de nos vies en tant que femmes et en tant que femmes écrivaines. Eileen MylesSuzanne Scanlon, autrice de Jeunes femmes pleines de promesses, sortie en mars 2024 aux éditions du Portrait, signe ce court. Il prolonge sa réflexion sur la façon dont les institutions traitent les femmes et la folie.Elle se retrouve devant la porte de l’Institut psychiatrique de New Yor...

A raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad—and doing both at once.When Suzanne Scanlon was a student at Barnard in the 90s, grieving the loss of her mother—feeling untethered and swimming through inarticulable pain—she made a suicide attempt that landed her in the New York State Psychiatric Institute.After nearly three years and countless experimental treatments, Suzanne left the ward on shaky legs. In the decades it took her to recover...

Working in any area of mental health nursing presents complex issues regarding the nurse-patient relationship. For those working in prolonged clinical contact with offenders, relationships with patients and colleagues can be particularly emotionally intense and sometimes difficult to express. This book attempts to understand and articulate the emotional labour of forensic nursing and explores the challenge of establishing and maintaining therapeutic relationships with offenders.The...