{"product_id":"you-dont-have-to-be-benji-waterhouse-9781529933420","title":"You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here: A Psychiatrist#s Life","description":"\u003cb\u003e**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA humane, hilarious and heart-breaking window into the world of psychiatry from 'the Adam Kay of mental healthcare'\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Very funny and deeply sympathetic. Really excellent' HENRY MARSH\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is honestly my dream book. Both fascinating and bleakly funny'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eFERN BRADY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Honest, funny, saddening and uplifting all rolled into one'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eJO BRAND\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman in a wedding dress arrives at the hospital looking for Harry Styles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lorry driver with schizophrenia believes he's got a cure for coronavirus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA depressed man hides his profession from his GP due to stigma. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost of the psychiatric cases in this book are his patients. Some of them are family. One of them is him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnlocking 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here\u003c\/i\u003e explores these complicated questions from both sides of the doctor's desk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the perfect read for fans of \u003ci\u003eThis Is Going to Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnnatural Causes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Prison Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstant \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, May 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benji Waterhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529933420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529933420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Cape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Benji Waterhouse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906812891391,"sku":"9781529933420","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d382ec9-d96a-4ac7-91c8-45f5dc458772.jpg?v=1748771480","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/you-dont-have-to-be-benji-waterhouse-9781529933420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}