Under the Knife by Liz O’Riordan: A breast surgeon’s admirable memoir
The book shines brightest in the latter chapters, where she covers her breast cancer journey
In Search of Madness: A soulful history of psychiatry
Brendan Kelly’s study chronicles horrors and promotes humility and the humanities
The Red of My Blood by Clover Stroud: A gem of a memoir covering death and grief
Stroud’s writing is crisp, assured and unflinching in her latest offering
Everything is True by Roopa Farooki: Death, grief and family in the pandemic
Doctor highlights governmental incompetence that put frontline staff at greater risk
Poetry and psychiatry: panning for joy in all the wrong places
Matthew Shipsey on his pursuit, as a child psychiatrist, of joy: ‘such a human madness’
Poetry and psychiatry: a trainee’s perspective
Dr Matthew Shipsey on how poetry helps us understand and find meaning in our lives
