Wonders of Doctor Bent

Paul Crawford is an award-winning author and a leading figure in mental health, with Fellowships of the Royal Society of Arts, the Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Society for Public Health. The world's first professor of Health Humanities, which seeks to enhance people's well-being through creative practices, he directs the Centre for Social Futures at the Institute of Mental Health, based at The University of Nottingham, UK. His recent non-fiction work, Florence Nightingale at Home, won Best Achievement in The People's Book Prize 2022. He also led the recent animated series with Aardman, What's Up With Everyone, supporting young people's mental health, which won Best Design and Content in the 2021 Design Week Awards, multiple categories in the 2021 PR Week Pride Awards and reached over 17m people within four months of launch alone. He is Joint Editor-in-Chief for The Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Health Humanities and Commissioning Editor for two book series, Arts for Health (Emerald), and Routledge Studies in Literature and Health Humanities.

"Crawford is a master storyteller. Be prepared to be taken on a thrilling adventure that delves into the very essence of what makes us human..." - Professor Ahmed Hankir, Consultant Psychiatrist, author of The Breakthrough"A moving tale of loss and love..." - Kamaldeep Bhui CBE, Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Oxford"A brilliantly written thriller..." - Gene Beresin MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School"A gripping exploration of mental health, morality, and the human psyche." - Dr David Crepaz-Keay FRSPH, Mental Health Foundation"Brooding, brilliant and beautiful." - Dave Chawner, author of Weight Expectations, stand-up comedian and mental health campaigner