You Don8217t Have to Be Mad to Work Here A Psychiatrists Life

DESCRIPTION : **THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** A humane, hilarious and heart-breaking window into the world of psychiatry from the Adam Kay of mental healthcare (THE TIMES) This is honestly my dream book Fascinating FERN BRADY Fearlessly honest, funny and uplifting JO BRAND Very funny and deeply sympathetic. Really excellent HENRY MARSH Most of the psychiatric cases in this book are Benjis patients. Some of them are his family. One of them is him. Unlocking the doors to the psych ward, NHS psychiatrist Dr Benji Waterhouse provides a fly-on-the-padded-wall account of medicines most mysterious and controversial speciality. Why would anyone in their right mind choose to be a psychiatrist? Are the solutions to peoples messy lives really within medical school textbooks? And how can vulnerable patients receive the care they need when psychiatry lacks staff, hospital beds and any actual cures? This is an eye-opening medical memoir from both sides of the doctors desk. The perfect read for fans of This Is Going to Hurt, Unnatural Causes and The Prison Doctor. 5-STAR READER REVIEWSFantasticsearing and honestWarmth, humour and compassionThis book needs to be read by everybodyBoth entertaining and essential!Sensitively writtenmoving and eye-openingCourageousI could not put this book down PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9781529933420 BY (AUTHOR) Waterhouse, Benji PUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing PUBLICATION DATE : May 15, 2025 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Vintage LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 198 mm x 128 mm WEIGHT : 234 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Biography, Literature & Literary studies Health, Relationships & Personal development Medicine & Nursing