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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.

‘Completely brilliant. Everyone should read it’ Cathy Rentzenbrink

‘Horatio is as wise as he is compassionate’ Chris van Tulleken

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.

‘A selfless, hopeful book by a writer of vast heart and quiet brilliance, which over its course creates a cartography of the ‘paths to recovery’ that are open to us all’ Robert Macfarlane

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Completely brilliant. Everyone should read it — Cathy Rentzenbrink A selfless, hopeful book by a writer of vast heart and quiet brilliance, which over its course creates a cartography of the ‘paths to recovery’ that are open to us all — Robert Macfarlane Horatio is as wise as he is compassionate — Chris van Tulleken There’s no other book quite like it as it takes patients, their relatives, and carers through the treacherous terrain that is the mental health landscape today, giving advice, signposting how to safely traverse the territory and giving hope at the same time — Femi Oyebode Required reading for anyone with an interest in mental health (and that means all of us). Important, generous, painstakingly researched — Kate Kellaway