What Mental Illness Really Is... (And What It Isn't)

'A must-read... Fascinating' JO BRANDWe need to rethink the conversation around mental health - psychologist Lucy Foulkes explores how and why.How do mental health problems arise?How do we distinguish between the 'normal' challenges of modern life and actual illness?Is society really experiencing a new mental health crisis?In this urgently needed book, psychologist Lucy Foulkes investigates what we know about mental illness - and shines a light on what we don't. It offers a profound new approach to how we think, talk and help when it comes to mental health.(Previously published in 2021 in hardback under the title Losing Our Minds.)'Captivating...engaging and lucid' Sarah-Jayne Blakemore'Clear-headed, compassionate and, ultimately, optimistic' Mark Haddon'Thorough, wise...much needed' Mark Rice-Oxley

ISBN:	9781529113372
Publisher:	Random House
Imprint:	Vintage
Published date:	21 Apr 2022
DEWEY:	616.89
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	320
Weight:	172g
Height:	128mm
Width:	196mm
Spine width:	19mm

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