What it's like to be the psychiatrist of a mass murderer, by KatRamsland
When news of the attack reached Fenton, “a darkness crept across the floor, a rushing heaviness that felt like a punch to the gut.” Horrified, she gathered with colleagues to follow the reports. She went through everything in her records to see if she’d missed something. Soon, she wondered if her university considered her a liability now, a mark against them that had to be removed. She wanted to set the record straight but she was court-ordered to remain silent.
The gut-punch of this book is the shooting itself and its immediate aftermath. It’s raw and disturbing but also full of heart. First responders held airways open or intestines in place as they slipped in puddles of blood trying to save whomever they could. “There was so much blood,” one said, “I could hear it sloshing in the back of my car.”“It was easily one of the most difficult books I've ever written,” she said, “not only for the subject matter but also for the lingering trauma.
No one who knew Holmes came forward to say they’d seen it coming. He’d kept his secrets. Even psychiatric training and experience will fall short when patients remain guarded and duplicitous.Aurora: The Psychiatrist who Treated the Movie Theater Killer Tells Her Story
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