You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here: A Psychiatrist's Life by Benji Waterhouse

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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)**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A humane, hilarious and heart-breaking window into the world of psychiatry from 'the Adam Kay of mental healthcare' (THE TIMES)'Very funny and deeply sympathetic. Really excellent' HENRY MARSH'This is honestly my dream book. Both fascinating and bleakly funny' FERN BRADY'Honest, funny, saddening and uplifting all rolled into one' JO BRANDA woman in a wedding dress arrives at the hospital looking for Harry Styles.A lorry driver with schizophrenia believes he's got a cure for coronavirus.A depressed man hides his profession from his GP due to stigma.Most of the psychiatric cases in this book are his patients. Some of them are 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?You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here explores these complicated questions from both sides of the doctor's desk.This is the perfect read for fans of This Is Going to Hurt, Unnatural Causes and The Prison Doctor.Instant Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Author Biography

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._benji_benjis_benji

Review

Hilarious, shocking and urgent… a deeply compassionate book, which paints a picture of professional dedication in the face of almost unbelievable dysfunction * The Times, *Book of the Week* *It has a freshness and verve that sets it apart... What is unwavering and beautifully described is the inspiration Waterhouse continues to find in his patients. He has that essential trait of all good doctors: a sincere and lasting tenderness for his flawed and frail, crude and complicated, broken and brilliant fellow human beings… Ultimately, this is a campaigning work, both brilliantly funny and deadly serious…. His book is humane, hilarious, eye-opening – and deserves to be widely read -- Rachel Clarke * Guardian *Humorous and humane … [Waterhouse] finds the funny without turning patients into punchlines... It's a warm-hearted reminder that the [NHS] system is still staffed by many people doing their darnedest to connect with and care for people * Sunday Telegraph *Funny, humane and insightful * i news *A darkly comic personal trawl through the world of psychiatry and the idiosyncratic characters struggling on both sides of the divide. Honest, funny, saddening and uplifting all rolled into one -- Jo Brand, comedian and former psychiatric nurseVery funny and deeply sympathetic. Really excellent -- Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmA heartbreaking and also funny look at psychiatry. I loved this engrossing book which taught me lots of new things and broadened my mind -- Cathy RentzenbrinkLaugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving in equal measure, his compassion for his patients shines through. Wonderfully written. I loved this book -- Max Pemberton, author of Trust Me I'm a (Junior) DoctorAn absolute beauty... Wise, warm, witty and an excellent insight -- Dr Phil Hammond, author of Staying AliveThis is honestly my dream book. Both fascinating and bleakly funny in the way only an embattled NHS psychiatrist's book could be -- Fern Brady, author of Strong Female Character

Details ISBN1787333183 Author Benji Waterhouse Publisher Vintage Publishing ISBN-13 9781787333185 Format Paperback Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Year 2024 Publication Date 2024-05-16 AU Release Date 2024-05-16 NZ Release Date 2024-05-16 UK Release Date 2024-05-16 Audience General Subtitle A Psychiatrist's Life Pages 336 DEWEY 616.891092 Language English ISBN-10 1787333183 Alternative 9781787333178 We've got this

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