Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych E.R.

Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. Then she came to Bellevue. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend physician in charge of Bellevue's psychiatric emergency room. Deciding wh…

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