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Head first : a psychiatrist's stories of mind and body

Santhouse, Alastair2022

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What does it mean to be well? Is it something in our body? Or, is it rather something subjective -- something of the mind? In this collection of clinical stories, psychiatrist Dr Alastair Santhouse draws on his experience of treating thousands of hospital patients to show how our emotions are inextricably linked to our physical wellbeing. Our minds shape the way we understand and react to symptoms that we develop, dictate the treatments we receive, and influence whether they work. Written with honesty, compassion, and a wry sense of humour, Head First examines difficult cases that illuminate some of our most puzzling and controversial medical issues from the stigma surrounding obesity, to the ongoing misery of chronic pain, to the mysteries of self-induced illness. Ultimately Santhouse finds that our medical model has failed us by promoting specialization and overlooking perhaps the single most important component of our health: our state of mind.