Outside the Asylum - A Memoir of War, Disaster and Humanitarian Psychiatry

'A profound memoir' Daily Telegraph 'As revealing as the writing of Oliver Sacks' Mark Cousins Outside the Asylum is Lynne Jones's personal and highly acclaimed exploration of humanitarian psychiatry and the changing world of international relief. Her memoir graphically describes her experiences in war zones and disasters around the world, from the Balkans and 'mission-accomplished' Iraq, to tsunami-affected Indonesia, post-earthquake Haiti and 'the Jungle' in Calais.

Product details

• Authors: Lynne Jones, Jones Lynne
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781474605762
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-0576-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; MEDICAL / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Psychiatry, Aid & relief programmes, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Armed Conflict, Aid and relief programmes