This book left a very bad taste in my mouth. Not because I licked it or tried to eat it, but the actual contents. people with mental illnesses, psychiatric disorders, or those who have had bouts of depression have historically been treated like a red headed step child from either other people in our society to the medical professionals who are supposed to help them. In the first couple of chapters it seemed that the author and some of his co-workers were really not all that interested in actually helping those that came into the Psyche ER. In fact the one nurse just wanted to medicate everyone so they would just shut up. WTF kind of medical professional acts like that? I understand that working with these types of patients is not easy, but come on have a little compassion.

I was very disappointed in the author at the preface when he wrote, "I love my job when I'm not there". First of all when you refer to this as "your job" then you don't really seem to be in to actually help anyone. Secondly, if it's so horrible than why don't you have a career change? Later on in the book the author showed a few redeeming qualities and that is why this went from 1 to 2 stars. The author showed very little passion in his work and just seemed very mechanical. As a Therapist and Psychiatrist he rates pretty low on the ladder of someone I would go to for any kind of therapy need.

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