'A brilliant, beautiful and bold book. It is illuminating and empathetic and needs to be read by all'

‘Erudite, well-researched and full of compassion, shedding an important light on the human cost of serious mental illness.’

'This is a beautifully written book that brims with compassion and wit'

‘A truly important book. Radically open-hearted and vitally open-minded. Read it, and share it, and talk about it.’

'A book that everyone should read... upsetting, entertaining and fascinating.'

'Filer does a brilliant job of bringing order and humanity to a seemingly chaotic scene'

‘Absolutely blew me away… I cannot think of another book in the field that would come close to this. In my opinion it is an essential read for those in the mental health arena'

‘A hard-hitting and thoughtful account of contemporary mental-health practices'