From the creator of the hit podcast WHY DO I FEEL?
'I cannot recommend it highly enough.' Caitlin Moran
'Brims with compassion and wit.' Cathy Rentzenbrink
'Absolutely blew me away.' Jo Brand
'Brilliant . . . I love it.' Phillippa Perry
'I have never read a more powerful book about mental health.' Joanna Cannon
A journey into the heartland of psychiatry.
This book debunks myths, challenges assumptions and offers fresh insight into what it means to be mentally ill.
And what it means to be human.
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health was previously published in 2019 in hardback under the title
The Heartland.
Nathan Filer's podcast, WHY DO I FEEL?, is available to stream wherever you listen.

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This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health
A journey into the heartland of psychiatry
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eBook - ePub
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health
A journey into the heartland of psychiatry
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Diseases & AllergiesTable of contents
- Landing Page
- Praise
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- A note on confidentiality
- The Language of Madness (and the beginning of our conversation)
- THE JOURNALIST
- Insight
- Stigma and Discrimination
- THE SOLDIER
- Diagnosis
- THE MOTHER
- Causes
- THE COMMUNITY
- Delusions
- Chemical Treatment
- THE KEYHOLDER, THE NON-KEYHOLDERS AND THE VOICES
- Leaving the Heartland
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Also by the Author
- Copyright
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