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Gavin Francis & Philippe Sands: The Unfragile Mind
· 1 h 17 min
Episode Gavin Francis & Philippe Sands: The Unfragile Mind
Between a quarter and a fifth of young people in the UK now suffer 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.
Francis was in conversation with Philippe Sands.
You can buy a copy of The Unfragile Mind from the London Review Bookshop.
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