At all hours of the day and night, Gérard Tixier, an emergency psychiatrist, crisscrosses the city providing in-home first aid to people suffering from psychological distress, emotional shock, or mental disorders of varying severity. Thirty accounts of these immediate interventions take us to the heart of everyday madness—the madness of emotional, mental, familial, or sexual distress—and reveal for the first time the hidden side of a society in crisis.
At all hours of the day and night, Gérard Tixier, an emergency psychiatrist, travels the city providing in-home first aid to people suffering from psychological distress, emotional shock, or mental disorders of varying severity. Thirty accounts of these immediate interventions take us to the heart of everyday madness—the madness of emotional, mental, familial, or sexual distress—and reveal for the first time the hidden side of a society in crisis. This unique testimony has an educational value: it provides tools for identifying the early signs of major disorders, offers a methodology for intervention, and helps to restore communication.
