My life on the street.
In this first-person account, the author chronicles her experience of being mentally ill and homeless in New York and New Jersey in the early 1980s. She describes surviving numerous traumatic events until she eventually realized her need for treatment and admitted herself to a mental institution.
Rose
Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, Topeka, KS 66601-0829, USA.
D001325:Autobiographies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D012803:Sick Role; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology