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The number of young people suffering from mental ill health is increasing year-on-year. Yet we still find it difficult to talk about. And mental health still hasn't achieved parity with physical health in terms of services and healthcare available. Enter ''Mind Your Head''.

This is a frank and accessible overview of the issues facing young people with regards to mental ill health. It covers the various types of illness, the treatments available, how to manage them. It includes personal stories and exercises and is written in a chatty but serious way. Juno Dawson is the transgender author you might have known before as James Dawson. She's brought in clinical psychologist Dr Olivia Hewitt to help her. And also illustrator Gemma Correll to avoid any appearance of dourness. Because ''Mind Your Head'' is about serious things but is an absolute pleasure to read.

I've said this before hereabouts, but I'll say it again. The success of a book read by me with a mind to reviewing really does rest on the number of dog ears - I know! Dog ears! Sacrilege! - I've made by the time I've finished. Dog ears are points from the book I want to cover in the review, y'see. My copy of ''Mind Your Head'' has ''seventeen'' dog ears. This means two things: it's a very, very good book; I can't cover seventeen points in one review because you guys will be here all day when you should really be rushing off to buy it and read it yourself. I hope I cover the right dog ears to make you do just that.

Firstly, and most importantly, people who suffer from mental ill health aren't about to turn into Jack the Ripper. If that's your fear, forget it. Do. Not. Be. Afraid. To. Read. This. Book.

Secondly, there will be jokes. This is important. As Juno says herself, ''If we want mental illness to be treated in the same way as physical illness, we mustn't make mental illness in any way special or unique. If we're able to make jokes about broken arms and bunions, we should also be able to make jokes around depression''.

Thirdly, the book is written from both theoretical and lived experience. Juno herself has suffered from crippling anxiety, once leading to a melt down and a panic at the Hay Festival, no less. Her co-author Olivia Hewitt is a clinical psychologist. You can trust them. You can also trust illustrator Gemma Correll, whose witty drawings will make you smile while lancing some of your painful feelings.

Fourthly, you don't even need to have issues with mental ill health yourself to take much of value from ''Mind Your Head''. Who knows? You may need this information one day in the future and forewarned is forearmed, as they say. Or you might want to understand your friends better. Or you might want to understand your child better. This is a book for everyone.

Really and truly: ''Mind Your Head'' is a fabulous contribution to the long road to getting mental health parity with physical health. It's truthful and honest. It's clear and accessible. It has both personal and professional experience hard-wired into it. And it's not afraid to make you laugh even when it's talking about very serious things.

Highly recommended.

More sensible and accessible advice on all sorts of things, including but not limited to, mental health, can be found in [[The Self-Esteem Team's Guide to Sex, Drugs and WTFs?!! by The Self-Esteem Team ]].

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 Highly recommended.
-More sensible and accessible advice on all sorts of things, including but not limited to, mental health, can be found in [[The Self-Esteem Team's Guide to Sex, Drugs and WTFs?!! by The Self-Esteem Team ]].  Teens looking for fiction might enjoy [[All The Things That Could Go Wrong by Stewart Foster]].  You might also appreciate [[Cruel Summer by James Dawson|Cruel Summer]] by Juno Dawson.
+More sensible and accessible advice on all sorts of things, including but not limited to, mental health, can be found in [[The Self-Esteem Team's Guide to Sex, Drugs and WTFs?!! by The Self-Esteem Team ]].  Teens looking for fiction might enjoy [[All The Things That Could Go Wrong by Stewart Foster]].  You might also appreciate [[Cruel Summer by James Dawson|Cruel Summer]] by Juno Dawson.  adults might appreciate [[You Don't Have to be Mad to Work Here by Benji Waterhouse]].
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 Highly recommended.
-More sensible and accessible advice on all sorts of things, including but not limited to, mental health, can be found in [[The Self-Esteem Team's Guide to Sex, Drugs and WTFs?!! by The Self-Esteem Team ]].  Teens looking for fiction might enjoy [[All The Things That Could Go Wrong by Stewart Foster]].
+More sensible and accessible advice on all sorts of things, including but not limited to, mental health, can be found in [[The Self-Esteem Team's Guide to Sex, Drugs and WTFs?!! by The Self-Esteem Team ]].  Teens looking for fiction might enjoy [[All The Things That Could Go Wrong by Stewart Foster]].  You might also appreciate [[Cruel Summer by James Dawson|Cruel Summer]] by Juno Dawson.
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-The number of young people suffering from mental ill health is increasing year-on-year. Yet we still find it difficult to talk about. And mental health still hasn't achieved parity with physical health in terms of services and healthcare available. Enter ''Mind Your Head''.
+The number of young people suffering from mental ill-health is increasing year-on-year. Yet we still find it difficult to talk about. And mental health still hasn't achieved parity with physical health in terms of services and healthcare available. Enter ''Mind Your Head''.
-This is a frank and accessible overview of the issues facing young people with regards to mental ill health. It covers the various types of illness, the treatments available, how to manage them. It includes personal stories and exercises and is written in a chatty but serious way. Juno Dawson has brought in clinical psychologist Dr Olivia Hewitt to help her. And also illustrator Gemma Correll to avoid any appearance of dourness. Because ''Mind Your Head'' is about serious things but is an absolute pleasure to read.
+This is a frank and accessible overview of the issues facing young people with regards to mental ill-health. It covers the various types of illness, the treatments available, how to manage them. It includes personal stories and exercises and is written in a chatty but serious way. Juno Dawson has brought in clinical psychologist Dr Olivia Hewitt to help her. And also illustrator Gemma Correll to avoid any appearance of dourness. Because ''Mind Your Head'' is about serious things but is an absolute pleasure to read.
 I've said this before hereabouts, but I'll say it again. The success of a book read by me with a mind to reviewing really does rest on the number of dog ears - I know! Dog ears! Sacrilege! - I've made by the time I've finished. Dog ears are points from the book I want to cover in the review, y'see. My copy of ''Mind Your Head'' has ''seventeen'' dog ears. This means two things: it's a very, very good book; I can't cover seventeen points in one review because you guys will be here all day when you should really be rushing off to buy it and read it yourself. I hope I cover the right dog ears to make you do just that.
-Firstly, and most importantly, people who suffer from mental ill health aren't about to turn into Jack the Ripper. If that's your fear, forget it. Do. Not. Be. Afraid. To. Read. This. Book.
+Firstly, and most importantly, people who suffer from mental ill-health aren't about to turn into Jack the Ripper. If that's your fear, forget it. Do. Not. Be. Afraid. To. Read. This. Book.
 Secondly, there will be jokes. This is important. As Juno says, ''If we want mental illness to be treated in the same way as physical illness, we mustn't make mental illness in any way special or unique. If we're able to make jokes about broken arms and bunions, we should also be able to make jokes around depression''.
-Thirdly, the book is written from both theoretical and lived experience. Juno has suffered from crippling anxiety, once leading to a melt down and a panic at the Hay Festival, no less. Co-author Olivia Hewitt is a clinical psychologist. You can also trust illustrator Gemma Correll, whose witty drawings will make you smile while lancing some of your painful feelings.
+Thirdly, the book is written from both theoretical and lived experience. Juno has suffered from crippling anxiety, once leading to a meltdown and a panic at the Hay Festival, no less. Co-author Olivia Hewitt is a clinical psychologist. You can also trust illustrator Gemma Correll, whose witty drawings will make you smile while lancing some of your painful feelings.
 Fourthly, you don't even need to have issues with mental ill health yourself to take much of value from ''Mind Your Head''. Who knows? You may need this information one day in the future and forewarned is forearmed, as they say. Or you might want to understand your friends better. Or you might want to understand your child better. This is a book for everyone.
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 Highly recommended.
-More sensible and accessible advice on all sorts of things, including but not limited to, mental health, can be found in [[The Self-Esteem Team's Guide to Sex, Drugs and WTFs?!! by The Self-Esteem Team ]].
+More sensible and accessible advice on all sorts of things, including but not limited to, mental health, can be found in [[The Self-Esteem Team's Guide to Sex, Drugs and WTFs?!! by The Self-Esteem Team ]].  Teens looking for fiction might enjoy [[All The Things That Could Go Wrong by Stewart Foster]].
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 More sensible and accessible advice on all sorts of things, including but not limited to, mental health, can be found in [[The Self-Esteem Team's Guide to Sex, Drugs and WTFs?!! by The Self-Esteem Team ]].
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 The number of young people suffering from mental ill health is increasing year-on-year. Yet we still find it difficult to talk about. And mental health still hasn't achieved parity with physical health in terms of services and healthcare available. Enter ''Mind Your Head''.