“There are too few psych beds for too many bodies. Only extreme cases – like a woman who bit off her own finger because the voices told her to – get quick care. “This is the sad part of this work. People so psychotic they can’t even get to the hospital without doing something terrible to themselves.”

“There are too few psych beds for too many bodies. Only extreme cases – like a woman who bit off her own finger because the voices told her to – get quick care. “This is the sad part of this work. People so psychotic they can’t even get to the hospital without doing something terrible to themselves.”

— Susannah Cahalan