Have you ever wondered what happens during on-duty shifts with a psychiatrist? What does a mental disorder look like from the inside—through the eyes of the very patient? And how do a doctor and a person in crisis learn to hear each other and speak the same language? "Tales of an Old Psychiatrist" is an unusual collection of stories from the practice of an emergency doctor. Here you’ll find candid accounts of medical work, late-night trips to patients, and the everyday life of a doctor. Even the most serious topics are written about by the author with lively, inexhaustible humor.