You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here
A Psychiatrist's Life
By: Benji Waterhouse
Paperback | 27 August 2024
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Humane, hilarious and heart-breaking, You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here is an enlightening and darkly comic window into the world of psychiatry
Humane, hilarious and heart-breaking, You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here is an enlightening and darkly comic window into the world of psychiatry
'Funny, clear-eyed and unexpectedly moving'
SEBASTIAN FAULKS, author of Birdsong
'This is honestly my dream book. Both fascinating and bleakly funny'
FERN BRADY, author of Strong Female Character
'Honest, funny, saddening and uplifting all rolled into one'
JO BRAND, comedian and former psychiatric nurse
A woman with bipolar flies from America in a wedding dress to marry Harry Styles.
A lorry driver with schizophrenia believes he's got a cure for coronavirus.
A depressed psychiatrist hides his profession from his GP due to stigma.
Most of the characters 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.
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.
Humane, hilarious and heart-breaking, You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here is an enlightening and darkly comic window into the world of psychiatry
'Funny, clear-eyed and unexpectedly moving'
SEBASTIAN FAULKS, author of Birdsong
'This is honestly my dream book. Both fascinating and bleakly funny'
FERN BRADY, author of Strong Female Character
'Honest, funny, saddening and uplifting all rolled into one'
JO BRAND, comedian and former psychiatric nurse
A woman with bipolar flies from America in a wedding dress to marry Harry Styles.
A lorry driver with schizophrenia believes he's got a cure for coronavirus.
A depressed psychiatrist hides his profession from his GP due to stigma.
Most of the characters 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.
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.
Industry Reviews
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 nurse
Very funny and deeply sympathetic. Really excellent -- Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm
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 nurse
Very funny and deeply sympathetic. Really excellent -- Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm
ISBN: 9781787333185
ISBN-10: 1787333183
Published: 27th August 2024
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 21.4 x 13.4 x 3.0
Weight (kg): 0.34
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