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The Unfragile Mind
Making Sense of Mental Health
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Francis combines the precision of science with a profound insight into the human condition - GUARDIAN From the bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being and Recovery. Between a quarter and a fifth of young people in the UK now suffer from a mental disorder. One...
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A deeply human and compassionate re-evaluation of mental illness from the GP and bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being
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Francis combines the precision of science with a profound insight into the human condition - GUARDIAN
From the bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being and Recovery.
Between a quarter and a fifth of young people in the UK now suffer from a mental disorder. One in four adults are prescribed psychiatric medication. These numbers represent a huge and recent expansion in mental health labelling but reveal nothing of the experience of those seeking help.
In The Unfragile Mind, Gavin draws on conversations with patients, colleagues, and his thirty years of practice to explore the chequered history of psychiatry, the nature of mental health and ill-health, and the problems - including mood disorders, trauma, anxiety and addiction - that he addresses daily.
The mind, he argues, is dynamic and adaptive - better addressed not with rigid labels and protocols, but with curiosity, kindness, humility and hope.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781800819757
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 February 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wellcome Collection
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 34.0mm
Width: 134.0mm
Height: 220.0mm
Weight: 409g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Dr Gavin Francis is a GP and urgent care physician with a special interest in mental health. He is the bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being, Shapeshifters and Intensive Care. He writes about health and medicine for the Guardian, London Review of Books and the Times, among others.
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