Christmas Lecture: Dr Benji Waterhouse
Join us at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh for our annual Christmas Lecture with speaker Dr Benji Waterhouse on Thursday 4th December!
About Christmas Lecture: Dr Benji Waterhouse
You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here - A Psychiatrist’s Life
Psychiatrist, comedian and best-selling author Dr Benji unlocks the doors to the psych ward.
"The Adam Kay of mental health care" (Times)
"Humane, hilarious and eye-opening" (Guardian)
"Funny without turning patients into punchlines" ★★★★★ (Telegraph)
Dr Benji Waterhouse is an NHS Consultant Psychiatrist, award-winning comedian and author. His first book You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here - A Psychiatrist’s Life unlocked the doors to the psych ward and was an instant Sunday Times best-seller described by the Guardian as “humane, hilarious and eye-opening”. He is currently adapting it for television and working on a second book about psychedelics.
Join us for drinks and mince pies from 6.15pm, with a chance to win a fantastic prize in our raffle. The lecture begins at 7.00pm.
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