An Improbable Psychiatrist

Rebecca Lawrence

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781009515054
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Mental Health in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

An Improbable Psychiatrist is a powerful and insightful story of mental illness, told through the dual lens of a doctor, who later became a patient. Rebecca Lawrence shares her story of being a doctor and a psychiatrist while living with bipolar disorder. She details her experience of being an inpatient on a psychiatric ward, receiving electroconvulsive therapy, training as a doctor, and navigating the challenges of grief, loss, and family. Through her inspiring story, Rebecca aims to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness and provide comfort to those who suffer from severe mood disorders and those who care for them. Told through engaging and captivating prose, this book will pull you into Rebecca's world and leave you with the powerful reminder that with the right support and treatment, it is possible to live with severe mental illness. Ultimately, this is a story of hope.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Reviews
• Title page
• Imprints page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Prologue: 1990s, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
• Chapter 1 A Medical Student
• Chapter 2 A Junior Doctor
• Chapter 3 A GP Trainee and a Patient
• Chapter 4 Back to Edinburgh
• Chapter 5 A Baby
• Chapter 6 Admissions: the Revolving Door
• Chapter 7 Recovery?
• Chapter 8 Into the Fray
• Chapter 9 A Psychiatric Trainee
• Chapter 10 Lucy
• Chapter 11 Back from the Edge
• Chapter 12 The Grey Walls
• Chapter 13 A Real Psychiatrist
• Chapter 14 Substances
• Chapter 15 The Unexpected
• Chapter 16 Going Too Far?
• Chapter 17 Moods and Medicine
• Afterword: Richard’s View
• Afterword: Professor Stephen M. Lawrie
• Glossary
• Resources
• Bibliography