Title Page -- AUTHORS' NOTE -- Dedication -- Foreword -- PROLOGUE: LIFE IN THE ATTIC -- 1. - HE TOOK THEM ON THEIR LAST WALK -- A SELF-SUFFICIENT ENCLAVE -- HEARING THE ANGELS -- REINVENTING HIMSELF THROUGH WORK -- STATE HOSPITAL CEMETERIES TODAY: A FOCAL POINT FOR ADVOCACY -- 2. - WHO WENT TO WILLARD AND WHY DID THEY GO THERE? -- THEIR NUMBERS -- DURATION OF INSANITY PRIOR TO ADMISSION -- GENDER -- ORIGINS -- FAMILY RELATIONS -- WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS BROUGHT PEOPLE TO WILLARD -- 3. - HOW I WOULD HAVE FURNISHED MY ROOM (IF NOT FOR THE VOICES) -- " MY SCHOOL MEMORIES IN AMERICA" -- ANNOYED BY THE VOICES -- " I HAVE NO DEFINITE KNOWLEDGE YET OF WHEN I SHALL REGAIN MY FREEDOM" -- 4. - IN PERMANENT LIMBO SHE KEPT ASKING FOR DISPENSATION (UNTIL HER DOCTOR ... -- 5. - CHILDREN DIED AND SHE KNIT HER LIFE AWAY -- SPIRITS ABOUND -- THE PARSON'S DAUGHTER -- A HOST OF PHYSICAL COMPLAINTS -- LIFE (AND DEATH) ON THE WARD -- WOMEN, TRAUMA, AND PSYCHIATRY -- 6 . - LIKE A FLY IN A SPIDER WEB -- ORPHANED -- BECOMING A CAREGIVER -- INJURY AND ILLNES -- SECRET ROMANCE -- AN OCEANSIDE REFUGE -- INTREPID MOTORIST -- THE BODY IS TALKING -- WOUNDED HEALER -- DISCONTINUITY OF CARE -- THE UNRAVELING -- DECADES ON A LOCKED WARD -- 7. - HOW PEOPLE WERE TREATED AT WILLARD -- MEDICAL CARE -- ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION -- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND REHABILITATION -- MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS -- APPALLING CONDITIONS, CORRECTIVE ACTIONS -- HOW DID PEOPLE RESPOND TO HOSPITALIZATION? -- 8. - A PHOTOGRAPHIC TALENT: RISING ABOVE THE FRAY -- EPILEPSY BIOGRAPHS -- 9. - A FREQUENT VISITOR TO THE WHITE HOUSE -- BELONGINGS -- ARTISTRY -- EAST OR WEST -- D.C. BOUND -- DISPLACED PERSON -- DEMENTIA PRAECOX -- A SHOCKING TREATMENT -- A WHITE HOUSE CASE -- BILINGUAL CORRESPONDENCE -- HOSPITAL JAIL -- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY -- GOING HOME -- FAMILY CARE -- PERMANENT DISCHARGE.

10. - MY BLOOD TEMPER . . . RESIGNED -- 11. - AN ITALIAN PRINCESS AND A FRENCH INTELLECTUAL: TWO WAYS OF FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM -- THE FRENCH INTELLECTUAL -- A MUSICAL LIFE -- BEHIND LOCKED DOORS -- THE END OF THE LINE -- THE ITALIAN PRINCES -- "WILL FIGHT FOR HER FREEDOM" -- EPILOGUE: IS IT BETTER TODAY? -- SOURCES CONSULTED -- Acknowledgements -- INDEX -- Copyright Page.