Alastair Santhouse is a consultant psychiatrist at both The
Maudsley Hospital and Guy's Hospital in London. He studied medicine
at the University of Cambridge before entering a postgraduate
medical training scheme at the Royal London Hospital. In 1996 he
retrained as a psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital. He is a
fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal
College of Psychiatrists. Born in Manchester, Santhouse lives in
London with his wife and four children.
“Alastair Santhouse brilliantly illuminates the extraordinary and
mysterious ways that our personal stories affect both our mental
and our physical health. Compassionate, insightful, and
riveting.”
—Lori Gottlieb, author of the New York Times bestseller Maybe You
Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives
Revealed
“A wonderful and humane look inside and outside the head of an
experienced psychiatrist. Santhouse’s deep dive into how the mind
shapes an individual’s perception of their body and illness is a
welcome retreat, particularly in the age of ‘self.’ The chapter
titles themselves express an original perspective on how people
suffer: for example, Altruism, Exhaustion, Weight, Culture, and
Belief. Well worth reading by anyone interested in a medical
perspective on the modern mind.”
—Allan H. Ropper, MD, author of How the Brain Lost Its Mind and
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole
“Beautifully written and thoroughly enjoyable. This is a moving
rallying call against the division of physical and psychological
causes of disease, the stigma of ill health, and the medicalization
of the normal. An important read for anyone with symptoms, anyone
treating symptoms, and indeed anyone at all.”
—Guy Leschziner, professor of neurology, King’s College London and
author of The Nocturnal Brain
“Dr. Santhouse takes us on his deeply personal journey of
understanding the mind through the experience of his patients to
‘ask not what disease the person has, but rather what person the
disease has.’ Powerful, poignant, and insightful.”
—James R. Doty, MD, author of Into the Magic Shop
“A fascinating deep dive into the mind of a seasoned psychiatrist
and his remarkable patients. Head First examines why modern
medicine so often fails us and reveals how it will ultimately
succeed.”
—Matt McCarthy, MD, author of Superbugs
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