mental illness

Frances Farmer

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Frances Farmer was an American actress and television host. She is perhaps better known for sensationalized accounts of her life, especially her involuntary commitment to a mental hospital. In 1942, publicity of Farmer's reportedly erratic behavior began to surface, and after several arrests and committals to psychiatric institutions, Farmer was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. At the request of her family, particularly her mother, she was relocated from Los Angeles to an institution in her home state of Washington, where she was a patient until 1950. Farmer's tumultuous life and career led to her being the subject of two films, one television special, three books, and numerous songs and magazine articles.
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