R.M Catton is a Psychiatrist who lives with his family in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Born and reared in New Orleans, he attended Tulane University and subsequently the LSU School of Medicine. A period of military service included Residency Training in Psychiatry at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., following which he studied at the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute. Now in semi-retirement, he formerly divided his professional activity between private practice and teaching. His literary effort draws readily upon his clinical experience, civilian as well as military, in attem...