Book description
A humane, hilarious and heart-breaking window into the world of psychiatry from 'the Adam Kay of mental healthcare' (THE TIMES)'Very funny and deeply sympathetic. Really excellent' HENRY MARSH'This is honestly my dream book. Both fascinating and bleakly funny' FERN BRADY'Honest, funny, saddening and uplifting all rolled into one' JO BRANDA woman in a wedding dress arrives at the hospital looking for Harry Styles.A lorry driver with schizophrenia believes he's got a cure for coronavirus.A depressed man hides his profession from his GP due to stigma.Most of the psychiatric cases in this book are his patients. Some of them are 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?You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here explores these complicated questions from both sides of the doctor's desk.This is the perfect read for fans of This Is Going to Hurt, Unnatural Causes and The Prison Doctor.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience