Jeannie's marriage is slipping away as fast as her friend Batya's sanity, and she can't seem to put on the brakes.

Jeannie, a social worker at a psychiatric hospital, considers her friendship with Batya problematic but can't desert her. Meanwhile Jeannie's coworker, the zany psychiatrist Jack, becomes Batya's secret lover, and Batya and Jack take on a crusade against the "shady side of psychiatry."

Their battle clashes with hospital administration-an administration Jeannie's rich husband and father support through managed funds she doesn't quite understand.

Family ties to the...