Susanna Kaysen (born 11 November 1948) is an American author. November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

Kaysen was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1967, Kaysen attended the Commonwealth School before being sent to McLean Hospital to undergo psychiatric treatment for depression. It was there she learned she had borderline personality disorder. She was released after eighteen months. She later drew on this experience for her 1994 memoir Girl, Interrupted, which was made into a film in 1999, her role being played by Winona Ryder. Cambridge City Hall Settled: 1630 â€“ Incorporated: 1636 Zip Code(s): 02139 â€“ Area Code(s): 617 / 857 Official website: http://www. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Commonwealth School is a small independent high school of about 145 students located in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. ... McLean Hospital (pronounced Mc-Lain) is a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA. It is noted for its clinical staff expertise and ground-breaking neuroscience research. ... Look up Psychotherapy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Clinical depression (also called severe depressive disorder, major depressive disorder) is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individuals social functioning and/or activities of daily living. ... Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined within psychiatry and related fields as a disorder characterized primarily by emotional dysregulation, extreme black and white thinking (believing that something is one of only two possible things, and ignoring any possible in-betweens), and turbulent relationships. ... Girl, Interrupted book cover Girl, Interrupted is an Academy Award-winning film adapted by the memoir by Susanna Kaysen. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Winona Ryder (born Winona Laura Horowitz on October 29, 1971 in Olmsted County, Minnesota) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award winning American actress. ...

She is the daughter of the economist, Carl Kaysen, a professor at MIT and former advisor to President John F. Kennedy. Carl Kaysen (born March 5, 1920 in Philadelphia) is an economist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is organized into five schools and one college, containing 34 academic departments and 53 interdisciplinary laboratories, centers and programs. ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy, or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. ...

Literary works

• Asa, As I Knew Him, 1987
• Far Afield, 1990
• Girl, Interrupted, 1994
• Camera My Mother Gave Me, 2001

Girl, Interrupted book cover Girl, Interrupted is an Academy Award-winning film adapted by the memoir by Susanna Kaysen. ...

External links

• Review of Girl, Interrupted
• Austin Chronicle interview with Kaysen