Saturday, September 14, 2013

Caring for a Mind in Crisis

Angelika Schwarz/Getty Images
One afternoon at a school not far from the hospital where I was working, a teacher opened a utility closet and found a staff member passed out on the floor. He was clutching a small bloody mass in one hand, a sharp knife in the other, she reported, a red stain spreading rapidly at his middle.
He had amputated his genitals.