Meanwhile, her fellow patients are easily able to peg her as an emotional parasite, though this rarely stops them from interacting with her-and though their neediness sometimes frustrates her, she is less judgmental of them than of the doctors and nurses. An attempt to wean herself off Prozac, for example, adds a greater sense of urgency to her second research trip, while the therapists overseeing her final treatment lead her to a major emotional breakthrough. The grand tour consists of voluntary commitments to a hospital mental ward, a small private facility and a boutique facility but Vincent's efforts to make a big statement about the state of mental health treatment quickly give way to a more personal journey. Vincent's first trip to a mental institution-to which the writing of Self-Made Man drove her-convinced her that further immersion would give her great material for a follow-up.
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