**From the author of** The New York Times **bestseller** Self- Made Man **, a captivating expose of depression and mental illness in America** Revelatory, deeply personal, and utterly relevant, *Voluntary Madness* is a controversial work that unveils the state of mental healthcare in the United States from the inside out. At the conclusion of her celebrated first book– *Self-Made Man* , in which she soent eighteen months disguised as a man-Norah Vincent found herself emotionally drained and severely depressed. Determined but uncertain about maintaining her own equilibrium, she boldly committed herself to three different facilities-a big-city hospital, a private clinic in the Midwest, and finally an upscale retreat in the South. *Voluntary Madness* is the chronicle of Vincent’s journey through the world of the mentally ill as she struggles to find her own health and happiness.