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A modern generation of doctor writers is investigating the mysteries of the medical...
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Being ravished on Question Time,enjoying bondage in the pub, a nun who wants a threesome … Wendy...
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the voices within: the history and science of how...
Hearing voices can be as much a sign of creativity as insanity,according to an intriguing unusual...
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states of mind edited by anna faherty review - a...
Mark Haddon introduces this fascinating book,which looks at the nature of consciousness through...
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hands: what we do with them and why by darian...
From flicking fans to swiping phones,humans own always loved to fiddle and fidgetHands are tricky...
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expecting by chitra ramaswamy review - the...
This beautifully rendered account by a homosexual woman updates the standard narrative of pregnancy...
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gut by giulia endere review - a celebration of our...
An amusing and delightfully frank primer on our intestines crammed with improbable biological facts...
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avalanche by julia leigh review - when ivf doesn t...
Leigh,a writer and director, had six rounds of IVF and didnt conceive. She writes approximately the...
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tristimania by jay griffiths; mad girl by bryony...
Two depression memoirs aimed at different readerships both offer optimism and enlightenmentWhen the...
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in a different key: the story of autism by john...
A frustratingly ambiguous history of autism sheds controversial new light on the actions of Hans...
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somebody i used to know by wendy mitchell review -...
A heart-rending account of a 58-year-old woman’s fight with Alzheimer’s and its...
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profit, not patients: the risks of private...
Ultimately,private providers have their shareholders’ interests at heart, not their patients’. A...
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neurotribes by steve silberman review - an...
This sparklingly humane book makes the case that there is no such thing as neurologically...
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neurotribes review - the evolution of our...
A life-affirming study shows how much attitudes have changed to the condition once known as...
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unforbidden pleasures review - taking liberties
Psychoanalyst Adam Phillipss study of desire and restraint asks more questions than it answersThe...
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the voices within by charles fernyhough review -...
We experience some kind of inner speech for at least a quarter of our waking lives. This helps...
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metamorphosis: 19 true stories about change by...
Most of us are wary of change,but it can be the making of us, according to this persuasive studyA...
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matt haig: as therapy shows, words can be medicine
Reasons to Stay Alive,the novelist’s book about his own depression, was much easier to write than...
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the case against sugar by gary taubes review -...
A remarkable account of our addiction to the sweet stuff and the far-reaching implications for our...
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reading from behind: a cultural analysis of the...
It might be shortlisted for the oddest title of the year award,but Jonathan Allen’s book is a...
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mental illness is always a problem, so we will...
The current prominence of mental illness on bookshelves is suitable for all of us – so it’s...
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reasons to stay alive by matt haig review - one...
A timely memoir of mental illness reads as a highly personal and creative response to crisisWith one...
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prescribed reading: five of the best books by...
As Adam Kay’s This Is Going to Hurt wins a readers’ choice award,we recommend five other author...
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