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A review by clay1st
Head First: A Psychiatrist's Stories of Mind and Body by Alastair Santhouse
This book is written for the general public - it's very well articulated and covers some of the most interesting and oft misunderstood aspects of psychiatric practice.
It is not a great read for someone working in psychiatry however, because all psychiatrists (even very junior ones) will have experience a lot of what is written about already - so reading about it will be rather tedious.
But for the general public, and even medics in other specialties, I think this is a very good book.
I did find some of the cases interesting and the section on Covid interesting.
I have not given it a star rating because I am not the intended audience of the book...
It is not a great read for someone working in psychiatry however, because all psychiatrists (even very junior ones) will have experience a lot of what is written about already - so reading about it will be rather tedious.
But for the general public, and even medics in other specialties, I think this is a very good book.
I did find some of the cases interesting and the section on Covid interesting.
I have not given it a star rating because I am not the intended audience of the book...