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This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health
- Narrated by: Nathan Filer
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary
From the creator of the hit podcast Why Do I Feel?
A journey into the heartland of psychiatry.
This audiobook debunks myths, challenges assumptions and offers fresh insight into what it means to be mentally ill.
And what it means to be human.
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health was previously published in 2019 in hardback under the title The Heartland.
Nathan Filer's podcast, Why Do I Feel?, is available to stream wherever you listen.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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"I cannot recommend it highly enough." (Caitlin Moran)
"Brims with compassion and wit." (Cathy Rentzenbrink)
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- embo
- 22-07-19
Eye Openner
I absolutely loved. It gave me a better understanding about Mental Health I including my own illness.
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- Brendan Harding
- 20-12-19
So called Schizophrenia
This book provides a lot of evidence to question the diagnosis of schizophrenia and points out that medication for the condition often gives the patient another illness.
It is a must read for any psychiatrist or GP
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- Mrs. J. M. Renwick
- 04-03-21
Absolutely brilliant.
This is an amazing book; I read it last year (under the title Heartlands), but was very happy to download so I can listen again and again. Brilliant insight, fascinating theories and heart wrenching stories of people experiencing schizophrenia. You won’t be sorry you listened.
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- Steve Wright
- 31-05-21
Informative and moving
A great combination of case histories and factual detail .... incredibly moving stories of those lives that have suffered and/or experienced the effect of mental illness, which my family has. No one who has not spent time, visited or worked, in a psyc ward can understand the complexity but this book has come so close. Normal people and shattered lives; drugs that turn loved one into zombies; nature or nurture cause; search for reasons.... all are addressed in a balanced way.
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- jenny123
- 02-01-21
I loved this book
I’m studying a mental health module and found this book so interesting and insightful.
Thank you for this informative well-made, well-read book. I really enjoyed listening:)
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- c m t
- 08-03-24
Challenges your thinking of schizophrenia, the medical model and western society in an invitational way
This book cleverly weaved vast theory, lived experiences of many survivors and personal reflections. It was an emotional and intellectual roller coaster and certainly moved my thinking throughout the course of the book. Thank you for such a balanced and honest book!
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- Simon Zohhadi
- 07-07-19
The Inexact Science of Mental Health
This book raises more questions about mental health and schizophrenia than answers. It is clear that the field of mental health is far from an exact science and diagnosis and treatment are both problematic. How often do psychiatrists agree on the same diagnosis ? How often are the labels assigned to patients changed ? Does medication improve patients or make them worse ? You would think that a book that raises more questions than answers is not useful but a sceptical and questioning essay on the “science” of mental health serves a purpose. Much in the field is still in dispute !
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- Anonymous User
- 03-06-21
Absolutely brilliant
thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommended it to everyone I know. the narration is fabulous and content clearly well researched. it looks at so much more than one 'illness' or 'label' and takes a deep dive into the realities and stories of those living with and also having loved ones living with severe mental health issues. This author is amazing.
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- AndreaM
- 06-04-22
Invaluable read
What a great insight into those dealing with and affected by mental health issues. Written with such compassion.
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- Belbury
- 08-12-23
Hooked .
This was a very interesting listen . The authors voice was relaxing which allowed the story to be understood as well as heard.
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