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Jamie Lyn Weaver

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Jamie Lyn Weaver is a first-time author with a master’s degree in library science.
In 2024, she received an honorable mention for the first chapter of this memoir at the prestigious San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival. After attending the conference, there was no stopping her. She was determined to tell her personal account of the intricacies and consequences of being kept in a locked psych ward during the satanic panic era.
Jamie lives surrounded by her favorite books in a retirement community in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.

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Locked in the Psych Ward: A Memoir of Broken Promises and False Confessions

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Jamie liked Ann Campanella's review of Locked in the Psych Ward: A Memoir of Broken Promises and False Confessions: "Jamie Lyn Weaver shares a harrowing tale of mental health treatment gone wrong. Back in 1985, she agreed to be admitted to a psych ward in hopes of receiving a diagnosis for her uncontrollable sexual urges. Dr. Braun and Dr. Bobbi, instead, incorrect" Read more of this review »
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With gorgeous prose and wonderfully crafted stories and poems, Diane Macey’s book was a delight to read. The larger font made every page easy to read before climbing into bed.
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“Misinformation and disinformation about ritual abuse and mind control trauma and psychotherapy to treat such trauma appear in both paper and electronic media, but are particularly abundant on the Internet on websites of individuals and organizations, bookseller reviews, blogs, newsletters, online encyclopedias, social networking sites, and e-group listservs.”
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