Psychiatři nemusí být blázni (ale někdy to pomůže) – Waterhouse Benji (2026)

Why would anyone choose to become a psychiatrist? Can medical textbooks really provide answers to ruined lives? Can sensitive patients receive the care they need when psychiatry lacks staff, hospital beds and sometimes even suitable treatment? This Czech-language book offers a warm, witty and enlightening glimpse into the world of psychiatry, seen from both sides of the doctor’s desk. It is not a dry account of the poor state of healthcare or the shortage of staff and funding, although these issues also come up. Benji Waterhouse unlocks the doors of a British psychiatric ward and provides an informed look at medicine’s most mysterious and controversial field, seasoned with a healthy dose of black humour and a touch of optimism. Its characters include a woman with bipolar disorder who flies from America in a wedding dress to marry Harry Styles, a schizophrenic lorry driver convinced he has discovered a cure for coronavirus, and a depressed psychiatrist who conceals his profession from his general practitioner for fear of stigma. Most of the characters are Waterhouse’s patients; some are members of his family, and one is Waterhouse himself. The book is an ideal choice for readers who enjoyed Adam Kay’s books.