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Losing Our Minds - What Mental Illness Really Is - and What It Isn't (Hardcover)
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Losing Our Minds - What Mental Illness Really Is - and What It Isn't (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R499
Discovery Miles 4 990
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'A must-read for anyone wondering about the state of the nation's
mental health' Jo Brand We need to rethink the conversation around
mental health. Public awareness of mental illness has been
transformed in recent years, but our understanding of what it
actually is has yet to catch up. Too often, psychiatric disorders
are confused with the inherent stresses and challenges of human
experience. A narrative has taken hold that a mental health crisis
has been building among young people for some time - one that, with
the arrival of Covid-19, is set to get far worse. In this
profoundly sensitive and constructive book, psychologist Lucy
Foulkes argues that the crisis is one of ignorance as much as
illness. Have we raised a 'snowflake' generation? Or are today's
young people subjected to greater stress, exacerbated by social
media, than ever before? Foulkes shows that both perspectives are
useful but limited. As the effects of the pandemic take hold, the
real question in need of answering is: how should we distinguish
between 'normal' suffering and actual illness? Drawing on her
extensive knowledge of the scientific and clinical literature,
Foulkes explains what is known about mental health problems - how
they arise, why they so often appear during adolescence, the
various tools we have to cope with them - but also what remains
unclear: distinguishing between normality and disorder is essential
if we are to provide the appropriate help, but no clear line
between the two exists in nature. She presents the argument that
the widespread misunderstanding of this aspect of mental illness
might actually be contributing to its apparent prevalence. Losing
Our Minds provides both the clarity and the nuance that are so
urgently needed. 'Clear-headed, compassionate and, ultimately,
optimistic. It also happens to be a hugely enjoyable read' Mark
Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
'Thorough, wise, compassionate and methodical, Lucy Foulkes brings
a much needed quality to our rather frantic, shallow understanding
of mental illness: nuance' Mark Rice-Oxley 'Captivating ... Lucy
Foulkes writes exquisitely well about this complex subject'
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, author of Inventing Ourselves
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