What We Fear Most: A Psychiatrist’s Journey to the Heart of Madness / BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

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What We Fear Most: A Psychiatrist’s Journey to the Heart of Madness / BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

What We Fear Most: A Psychiatrist’s Journey to the Heart of Madness / BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

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a beautifully balanced and compassionately written memoir... This is a fascinating account of a fascinating journey' - Dr Richard Shepherd

You can’t treat a prisoner under the Mental Health Act while they are still in prison. Perhaps it’s time to reconsider this. There is so much mental illness in prisons, we’re never realistically going to get everyone treated in hospitals. We need medicine and therapy in our prisons.”Why do you think there is so much interest in books about mental health? Is it related to the pandemic?

Most of all, I had to stop (quite often) and think hard. In fact, I'm still thinking about this book, and it's months since I finished it. A beautifully balanced and compassionately written memoir... This is a fascinating account of a fascinating journey' - Dr Richard Shepherd Thoughtful, revealing, often haunting and always enlightening, if you liked Unnatural Causes by Dr Richard Shepherd , Do No Harm by Henry Marsh and This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay this book is for you. Delightfully entertaining, witty, surprising, horrifying, and harrowing - all part of life in forensic mental health services ' - Professor Kamaldeep Bhui, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of OxfordI've read so many books by therapists, psychologists, sociologists, you name it. But I had never read one by a psychiatrist before. Still, there's plenty of mental illness in my family (they call it 'mental health' these days when they mean illness) so I thought it was about time. Impressive at every level. If mental illness is now being talked about, then this is the book to start the conversation. What happens when the brain breaks? Read Dr Cave to find out.' - Jeremy Vine, journalist and broadcaster A beautifully balanced and compassionately written memoir ... This is a fascinating account of a fascinating journey.' - Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes

This book was written so beautifully and skillfully that I actually thought to myself “this might be a ghost writer because how can a psychiatrist be this talented of an author!?” As a mental health practitioner and aspiring clinical psychologist, I have read a substantial amount of mental health literature and What We Fear Most has now topped my list of recommended readings. It is deeply profound, enthralling, vulnerable and touching, whilst also being highly educational, funny, and reflective.So it was good for me to read this book. There's plenty of mental illness in the author and his friends too. He is beautifully human. I understood some things from a perspective I haven't inhabited before. He made me laugh about some situations that I thought I would never in a million years find funny, and he did that with gentle, intelligent care. I laughed, I cried, I learned and I finished it feeling a renewed sense of motivation in my career. What more could you ask for from a book? Wow! What a book! I took my time to read (study) this book because I wanted to get into the heart of the message. I wanted to understand and view Mental Illness through the eyes of the psychiatrist and through the eyes of an everyday citizen. The stories here, expertly written by Dr. Ben Cave, are insightful and eye-opening. Not to talk of the free Medical, Psychiatry and Law classes included. LOL! A beautifully written invitation to glimpse into Cave's often painful, but ultimately uplifting journey.' - Kerry Daynes, bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Mind

Dr Ben Cave approaches what is often a much misunderstood area of mental illness with sensitivity and pragmatism. His sense of humour and humanity shine through.' - Jo BrandPriory consultant Dr Humphrey Needham-Bennett’s autobiography about life in forensic psychiatry has been chosen by BBC Radio 4 as its Book of the Week. That being said, I otherwise enjoyed this book and thought it was a powerful depiction of mental health and how and why it fails to flourish. There are lots of references to drug abuse, childhood trauma and addictions that seem to tie many of the offender stories closely together. Eribo said: "Every so often a proposal lands in your inbox that makes you stop everything else you’re doing as you have to keep reading. That was exactly how I felt when I read the first draft of What We Fear Most . Dr Ben Cave is an astonishing writer with a remarkable story to tell. The result is a narrative that is compelling, often haunting, sometimes darkly comic and always enlightening – and we cannot wait to publish it on Seven Dials later this year." For me, psychiatry was a vocation. For others, there is a pragmatism to the decision about which speciality to go into. We need to let people know how incredibly diverse psychiatry services are, from CAMHS to older age services, from psychoanalysis to cutting edge neurosciences. We need to be welcoming, inclusive and caring. We need to look after people in the profession, to stop burnout and focus on retention as much as recruitment.”



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