Committed is a memory play set in segregated Oklahoma during the early 1960s, told through the eyes of Joe Gilchrist as he revisits the defining trauma of his youth. After Joe’s mother, Rosie, ...

Tens of thousands of Americans each year are voluntarily and involuntarily committed into psychiatric institutes. A memoirist and an organizer share their experiences inside the wards. The first ...

Suzanne Scanlon’s Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen—A Memoir, published today by Vintage Books, examines how three generations have tried to diagnose and treat what each has called madness. The book ...