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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.


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.

© Horatio Clare 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Critics Review

There is not a human who wouldn’t benefit from reading this book

The Times

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

This is required reading for anyone with an interest in mental health (and that means all of us). It is a really important book, a generous, painstakingly researched rethink on how best to promote recovery. Clare comes across as a fellow-traveller, advocate, friend and, above all, a purveyor of hope

An expert in navigating our mental health support services … Horatio shares insights into the latest mental health research, and outlines the encouraging innovations that point towards the future of treatment … Horatio believes everyone can be helped

Daily Express

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