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You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here

A Psychiatrist’s Life

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You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here

By: Benji Waterhouse
Narrated by: Benji Waterhouse
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**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**
Most of the psychiatric cases in this book are Benji’s patients. Some of them are his family. One of them is him.

Unlocking 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.

Why 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?

This is an eye-opening medical memoir – from both sides of the doctor’s desk. The perfect read for fans of This Is Going to Hurt, Unnatural Causes and The Prison Doctor.


A humane, hilarious and heart-breaking window into the world of psychiatry from ‘the Adam Kay of mental healthcare’ (THE TIMES)

‘This is honestly my dream book… Fascinating’ FERN BRADY
‘Fearlessly honest, funny and uplifting’ JO BRAND

‘Very funny and deeply sympathetic. Really excellent’ HENRY MARSH

©2024 Benji Waterhouse (P) 2024 Penguin Audio

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A warm , insightful book about psychiatry and mental illness. At times heartbreaking but also filled with gentle humour and compassion. Beautifully read by the author. I loved it.

A warm, insightful gem of a book.

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Equal parts witty & profound, great storytelling. Lots in here that I identified with as someone who works in mental health in the NHS. Felt like the book was like a little companion to me whilst it lasted. Didn’t want it to end!!

Witty & moving. Captivated me from start to finish.

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Easy listen about life of a jobbing psychiatrist. Interesting and entertaining. The author reads it really well.

Interesting, poignant audiobook

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Excellent listen, couldn’t turn it off. Engaging from start to finish 10/10. Relatable in so many ways, certainly an interesting profession.

Excellent listen

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The narration is spot on (unsurprisingly) the stories of each patient are remarkable and the sadness, hope and humour of the author make for a book much superior to “This Is Going To Hurt”.

Funny, frightening, informative. A must-read.

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So well written and read. Took me back to the bittersweet days of working on a mental health ward.
Made me laugh out loud in parts. Would highly recommend

Fabulous

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I couldn’t stop listening to this and cannot wait for the next book by the author!

Witty, entertaining and irreverent!

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Enjoyed the story , well narrated.
Good insight into the daily life of a psychiatrist.
Showing the human side of a difficult branch of medicine.

Great listen

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Love Benjis delivery and honesty in his telling of what it’s like to work in the NHS

Heartwarming and honest

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Loved this book . Brilliant and funny in-site into what it is like to work as a psychologist. Love the sense of humour . Loved it .

Brilliant and funny

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