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You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here
A Psychiatrist’s Life
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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 —...
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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 Benji's 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 medicine's most mysterious and controversial speciality.
Why would anyone in their right mind choose to be a psychiatrist? Are the solutions to people's 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 doctor's desk. The perfect read for fans of This Is Going to Hurt, Unnatural Causes and The Prison Doctor.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529933420
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 May 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Dr Benji Waterhouse is a front-line NHS doctor specialising in psychiatry. He is also an award-winning stand-up comedian who performs sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Festival. He has written for the Guardian and Independent, and was included in a list of 'Inspiring Psychiatrists' by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here is his first book. www.linktr.ee/dr_benji www.instagram.com/doctor_benjis www.twitter.com/doctor_benji
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