The Unfragile Mind by Gavin Francis - ISBN: 9781800819757
Hardcover
Rethinking mental health: The mind is dynamic, adaptive, and deserves kindness.

The Unfragile Mind

Making Sense of Mental Health

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  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    12 May 2026

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Summary

‘Francis combines the precision of science with a profound insight into the human condition’ GUARDIAN

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ADVENTURES IN HUMAN BEING AND RECOVERY

Between a quarter and a fifth of young people in the UK now suffer a mental disorder. 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.

In The Unfragile …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781800819757
ISBN-10:1800819757
Author:Gavin Francis
Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
Imprint:Wellcome Collection
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:12 May 2026
Weight:409g
Dimensions:220mm x 134mm x 34mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Fascinating and beautifully written * The Times *
I thought Gavin Francis couldn’t get any better, but I was wrong. This is his best and most important book – Bill Bryson, author of NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND and THE BODY
A hugely accomplished piece of writing… Utterly absorbing. It has changed the way I think about mental health - my own included. A wise, humane, kind, iconoclastic and even therapeutic read. And uplifting: I finished it feeling far better about the world. – Allan Little
A manifesto against an atomised society… a really hopeful book * Evening Standard *
Dr Gavin Francis writes with empathy, fluency and elegance about one of the most important medical topics of our times. This is a book to change lives - and save them
Thought-provoking * Men’s Health *
Elucidating… offers new perspectives on the maintenance of mental health * Sunday Post *
Excellent - beautifully written, moving and wise. Everybody with an interest in mental health should read it – Henry Marsh, author of AND FINALLY: A NEUROSURGEON’S REFLECTIONS ON LIFE
Gavin Francis’ thoughtfulness shines in this meditation on the mind … a clear and hopeful exploration of what it means to think and feel – Grace Spence Green, author of TO EXIST AS I AM
Gavin Francis invites us into his consulting room to hear the worries and woes of the patients he has seen in over 30 years as a GP * Tablet *
Praise for Gavin Francis: ‘Francis offers hope and a rare and precious quiet form of consolation * Observer *
Heartfelt and persuasively argued * Sunday Times *
Wise, gentle and quietly hopeful – Rachel Clarke, author of The Story of a Heart
To call this ambitious is to break new frontiers in understatement… his prose is cadenced, vivid and crackling with telling details * Guardian *

About The Author

Gavin Francis

Dr Gavin Francis is a GP and urgent care physician with a special interest in mental health. He is the bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being, Shapeshifters, and Intensive Care. He writes about health and medicine for The Guardian, London Review of Books, and The Times, among others.

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