What Mental Illness Really Is… (and what it isn’t)

This wonderful book offers an amazingly readable and cutting-edge scientific account of mental illness

Matthew Broome, Professor of Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health

Beautifully written and compassionate... This book is needed urgently so that we can examine fears of a tsunami of mental health problems... Anyone touched by such problems will find much helpful practical advice

Uta Frith, Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Development

A guide to the start of the art in the science of mental illness...lucidly written and builds its case with a winning combination of care and concision... This impressive book is a great starting point for well-informed conversations on the issue

Professor Thomas Dixon, History of Emotions blog

Everyone who either lives with or knows someone with mental illness should read it. In other words, everyone should read it

Essi Viding, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology

This is a book that calls for nuance in answering difficult questions... To Foulkes, the way forward is in acceptance of a hard truth: we need to support everyone who is struggling in a way geared to their needs; we need a different conversation about managing life's sadness

The Times