Your Journey, Your Way - How to Make the Mental Health System Work For You

<''Completely brilliant. Everyone should read it'' Cathy Rentzenbrink

''Horatio is as wise as he is compassionate'' Chris van Tulleken

The mental health system is in trouble. Most people who need help are receiving inadequate treatment, years behind the latest thinking. This life-changing book reveals what really works, and how it can help you.

Spurred into researching this topic following his own journey from breakdown to recovery, award-winning writer and broadcaster Horatio Clare speaks to experts from across the system to show how to put together the best treatment plan for you or a loved one.

Whether your interest is in anxiety, depression, burnout, insomnia, self-harm, psychosis, an eating disorder, or any one of many conditions of the mind which can be hell to endure, or support someone through, this vital and beautifully written book is for you.<>

About the author

Horatio Clare is a writer and broadcaster. He works across the spectrum of mental distress, including with the NHS. He is a regular contributor to BBC Radio, including as the writer and co-presenter of the landmark series Does Psychiatry Work? Horatio has written for many publications, including The Times, Guardian and Financial Times. He has published 14 books, including Running for the Hills, A Single Swallow and Down to the Sea in Ships. If you or a loved one are in a hard mental place now, hang in there. Things really can get better. This book shows how, and Horatio wrote it for you.

Product details

• Authors: Horatio Clare, Clare Horatio
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.02.2025
• EAN: 9780241999400
• ISBN: 978-0-241-99940-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 199 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, SELF-HELP / Anxieties & Phobias, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Coping with drug & alcohol abuse, SELF-HELP / Emotions, SELF-HELP / Mood Disorders / Depression, SELF-HELP / Mood Disorders / Bipolar Disorder, coping with stress, Psychiatry, Psychology: emotions, Coping with anxiety & phobias, Social issues & processes, Neurosciences, Mind, body, spirit: thought and practice, Care of people with mental health issues, Social and ethical issues, Coping With Eating Disorders, HEALTH & FITNESS / Mental Health, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Health Care