Description
'Most of the psychiatric cases in this book are Benjis 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 medicines most mysterious and controversial speciality.
Why would anyone in their right mind choose to be a psychiatrist? Are the solutions to peoples 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 doctors desk. The perfect read for fans of This Is Going to Hurt, Unnatural Causes and The Prison Doctor.
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Book details
- Format:Paperback
- Pages:336 Pages
- Dimensions:198 x 129 x 20 mm
- Publication date:15/05/2025
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- ISBN13:9781529933420
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.