Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Between a quarter and a fifth of young people in the UK now suffer a mental disorder, and one in four adults are prescribed psychiatric medication. These numbers represent a huge and recent expansion in mental health labelling, but reveal nothing of the experience of those seeking help.
The Unfragile Mind, a new book by Dr Gavin Francis, draws on his conversations with patients, colleagues, and his thirty years of practice to explore the chequered history of psychiatry, the nature of mental health and ill-health, and the problems - including mood disorders, trauma, anxiety and addiction - that he addresses daily.
The mind, he argues, is dynamic and adaptive - better addressed not with rigid labels and protocols, but with curiosity, kindness, humility and hope.
Buy your copy of the Unfragile Mind: Making Sense of Mental Health: profilebooks.com/work/the-unfragile-mind
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #MoodDisorders #trauma #anxiety #addiction #books #booktok #booktube
0:00: Intro
0:09: What to expect from Gavin Francis's new book
0:37: One in four young people in the UK suffers from a mental disorder
01:36: How is mental health perceived in different cultures?
02:47: Are we living through an anxiety and depression epidemic?
04:29: How do you explore your own mental health experiences in the book?
05:40: What can history teach us about mental health?
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Between a quarter and a fifth of young people in the UK now suffer a mental disorder, and one in four adults are prescribed psychiatric medication. These numbers represent a huge and recent expansion in mental health labelling, but reveal nothing of the experience of those seeking help.
The Unfragile Mind, a new book by Dr Gavin Francis, draws on his conversations with patients, colleagues, and his thirty years of practice to explore the chequered history of psychiatry, the nature of mental health and ill-health, and the problems - including mood disorders, trauma, anxiety and addiction - that he addresses daily.
The mind, he argues, is dynamic and adaptive - better addressed not with rigid labels and protocols, but with curiosity, kindness, humility and hope.
Buy your copy of the Unfragile Mind: Making Sense of Mental Health: profilebooks.com/work/the-unfragile-mind
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #MoodDisorders #trauma #anxiety #addiction #books #booktok #booktube
0:00: Intro
0:09: What to expect from Gavin Francis's new book
0:37: One in four young people in the UK suffers from a mental disorder
01:36: How is mental health perceived in different cultures?
02:47: Are we living through an anxiety and depression epidemic?
04:29: How do you explore your own mental health experiences in the book?
05:40: What can history teach us about mental health?
Follow us on our other channels:
Instagram: instagram.com/wellcomecollection
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