Falling Into the Fire: A Psychiatrist's Encounters with the Mind in Crisis by Christine Montross

Falling Into the Fire: A Psychiatrist's Encounters with the Mind in Crisis

Christine Montross

256 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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A woman habitually commits self-injury, ingesting light bulbs, a box of nails, zippers and a steak knife. A new mother is admitted with incessant visions of harming her child. A recent graduate, dressed in a tunic and declaring that love emanates ...

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