The Unfragile Mind - Making Sense of Mental Health

''Francis combines the precision of science with a profound insight into the human condition'' GUARDIAN FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ADVENTURES IN HUMAN BEING AND RECOVERY Between a quarter and a fifth of young people in the UK now suffer a mental disorder. One in four adults are prescribed psychiatric medication. These numbers represent a huge and recent expansion in mental health labelling, but reveal nothing of the experience of those seeking help. In The Unfragile Mind , Gavin draws on conversations with patients, colleagues, and his thirty years of practice to explore the chequered history of psychiatry, the nature of mental health and ill-health, and the problems - including mood disorders, trauma, anxiety and addiction - that he addresses daily. The mind, he argues, is dynamic and adaptive - better addressed not with rigid labels and protocols, but with curiosity, kindness, humility and hope.

About the author

Dr Gavin Francis is a GP and urgent care physician with a special interest in mental health. He is the bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being, Shapeshifters and Intensive Care. He writes about health and medicine for the Guardian, London Review of Books and the Times, among others.

Product details

• Authors: Gavin Francis
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 19.02.2026
• EAN: 9781800819757
• ISBN: 978-1-80081-975-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Medicine, Medicine: general issues, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, popular science, MEDICAL / Mental Health, MEDICAL / Nursing / Psychiatric & Mental Health, MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine, Popular medicine & health, History of Medicine, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Mental health services, Psychiatric Nursing, Popular medicine and health, Medicine and Nursing, Coping with / advice about mental health issues, Psychiatric nursing / Mental health nursing