{"product_id":"the-unfragile-mind-a-physicians-call-for-restoring-hope-and-humanity-to-mental-health-care-9798893031355","title":"The Unfragile Mind: A Physician's Call for Restoring Hope and Humanity to Mental Health Care","description":"\u003cp\u003eAccording to the National Institute for Mental Health, over fifty-nine million adults and nearly a fifth of adolescents in the US have been diagnosed with some form of mental illness, with about 50 percent receiving treatment. But the explosion in diagnoses over the last ten years may be doing more harm than good: encouraging patients to define their identities in terms of their deficits, contributing to the overprescribing of pharmaceutical drugs, and saddling a generation with constricting labels that can linger long after symptoms have resolved. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on thirty years of medical experience, Dr. Gavin Francis, a general practitioner, delves with subtle nuance into the tangled history of psychiatry and the problems that he addresses daily in his patients' lives: mood disorders, trauma, anxiety, and addiction. Expertly reckoning with the historical treatment of mental illness and today's realities, Dr. Francis examines how mental health care has evolved--and how a system built on diagnosing illness and prescribing medication too often forces patients into diagnostic boxes, with labels that too often become self-fulfilling prophecies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding case studies and conversations with therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, Dr. Francis takes a multifaceted approach to the constantly shifting landscape of mental health to argue that the mind, far from being something rigid and fragile, is in fact dynamic and adaptive, best treated with compassion, flexibility, and curiosity. \u003cem\u003eThe Unfragile Mind\u003c\/em\u003e blends experience, history, and contemporary perspectives in a comprehensive assessment of how we can better understand--and navigate--common but often invisible illnesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gavin Francis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Experiment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.76w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798893031355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancis, Gavin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eGavin Francis, MD, \u003c\/strong\u003eis a multi-award-winning author and GP who has worked across four continents as a surgeon, emergency physician, and medical officer with the British Antarctic Survey. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eAdventures in Human Being\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShapeshifters: On Medicine \u0026amp; Human Change\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRecovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence\u003c\/em\u003e, and has been short-listed for such awards as the Saltire Literary Award for Nonfiction Book of the Year, Costa Book of the Year, and the Ondaatje Prize. His writing also appears in \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/em\u003e NPR, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian, The Times, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, and he is a regular contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJamison, Kay Redfield:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eKay Redfield Jamison\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Dalio Professor in Mood Disorders and a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as an honorary professor of English at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. She is the coauthor of the standard medical text on bipolar disorder and author of \u003cem\u003eAn Unquiet Mind, Night Falls Fast, Exuberance, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTouched with Fire\u003c\/em\u003e. Her most recent book, \u003cem\u003eRobert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire, \u003c\/em\u003e was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Dr. Jamison is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She is a recipient of the Lewis Thomas Prize, the Sarnat Prize from the National Academy of Medicine, and a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gavin Francis \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48231853916317,"sku":"9798893031355","price":35.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_c1652660-1534-4d95-851e-5cfff03eb1e5.jpg?v=1778578123","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-unfragile-mind-a-physicians-call-for-restoring-hope-and-humanity-to-mental-health-care-9798893031355","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}