You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here: A Psychiatrists Life

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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.

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Very funny and deeply sympathetic. Really excellent -- Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm
Laugh-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) Doctor
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
An absolute beauty... Wise, warm, witty and an excellent insight -- Dr Phil Hammond, author of Staying Alive
This 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
Funny, clear-eyed and moving -- Sebastian Faulks, author of Birdsong
I loved it. Witty, poignant, thoughtful, and moving. Its made me want to start psychiatry all over again -- Professor Sir Simon Wessely, former President of The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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

Author Bio

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