Head First: How The Mind Heals The Body

Author:   Alastair Santhouse
Publisher:   Penguin Young Readers
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9780593538463


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 August 2022
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Alastair Santhouse
Publisher:   Penguin Young Readers
Imprint:   Penguin Young Readers
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 20.80cm
Weight:   0.301kg
ISBN:  

9780593538463


ISBN 10:   0593538463
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 August 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Alastair Santhouse brilliantly illuminates the extraordinary and mysterious ways that our personal stories affect both our mental and our physical health. Compassionate, insightful, and riveting. -Lori Gottlieb, author of the New York Times bestseller Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed A wonderful and humane look inside and outside the head of an experienced psychiatrist. Santhouse's deep dive into how the mind shapes an individual's perception of their body and illness is a welcome retreat, particularly in the age of 'self.' The chapter titles themselves express an original perspective on how people suffer: for example, Altruism, Exhaustion, Weight, Culture, and Belief. Well worth reading by anyone interested in a medical perspective on the modern mind. -Allan H. Ropper, MD, author of How the Brain Lost Its Mind and Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole Beautifully written and thoroughly enjoyable. This is a moving rallying call against the division of physical and psychological causes of disease, the stigma of ill health, and the medicalization of the normal. An important read for anyone with symptoms, anyone treating symptoms, and indeed anyone at all. -Guy Leschziner, professor of neurology, King's College London and author of The Nocturnal Brain Dr. Santhouse takes us on his deeply personal journey of understanding the mind through the experience of his patients to 'ask not what disease the person has, but rather what person the disease has.' Powerful, poignant, and insightful. -James R. Doty, MD, author of Into the Magic Shop A fascinating deep dive into the mind of a seasoned psychiatrist and his remarkable patients. Head First examines why modern medicine so often fails us and reveals how it will ultimately succeed. -Matt McCarthy, MD, author of Superbugs


“Alastair Santhouse brilliantly illuminates the extraordinary and mysterious ways that our personal stories affect both our mental and our physical health. Compassionate, insightful, and riveting.” —Lori Gottlieb, author of the New York Times bestseller Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed   “A wonderful and humane look inside and outside the head of an experienced psychiatrist. Santhouse’s deep dive into how the mind shapes an individual’s perception of their body and illness is a welcome retreat, particularly in the age of ‘self.’ The chapter titles themselves express an original perspective on how people suffer: for example, Altruism, Exhaustion, Weight, Culture, and Belief. Well worth reading by anyone interested in a medical perspective on the modern mind.” —Allan H. Ropper, MD, author of How the Brain Lost Its Mind and Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole “Beautifully written and thoroughly enjoyable. This is a moving rallying call against the division of physical and psychological causes of disease, the stigma of ill health, and the medicalization of the normal. An important read for anyone with symptoms, anyone treating symptoms, and indeed anyone at all.” —Guy Leschziner, professor of neurology, King’s College London and author of The Nocturnal Brain   “Dr. Santhouse takes us on his deeply personal journey of understanding the mind through the experience of his patients to ‘ask not what disease the person has, but rather what person the disease has.’ Powerful, poignant, and insightful.” —James R. Doty, MD, author of Into the Magic Shop   “A fascinating deep dive into the mind of a seasoned psychiatrist and his remarkable patients. Head First examines why modern medicine so often fails us and reveals how it will ultimately succeed.” —Matt McCarthy, MD, author of Superbugs


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Alastair Santhouse is a consultant psychiatrist at both The Maudsley Hospital and Guy's Hospital in London. He studied medicine at the University of Cambridge before entering a postgraduate medical training scheme at the Royal London Hospital. In 1996 he retrained as a psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital. He is a fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Born in Manchester, Santhouse lives in London with his wife and four children.  

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