The psychiatrist Stephen has just returned to his work in a hospital after his wife and former patient committed suicide in the bathtub of their apartment. His mother is in the hospital with a serious illness and Stephen is vulnerable and dependable on drugs and is trying to sell his apartment.
The director and his friend Eisner offers more days of medical leave to Stephen but he refuses. He is assigned to treat Nina, a teenager that self-inflicts cuts on her body and her mother Liz does not help, giving no information about her daughter.
Stephen gets involved with Nina's problem and learns that she might have Reinfield syndrome. What will Stephen do?