Dr Gavin Francis
@drgavinfrancis.bsky.social
Mostly analogue.
Finishing a book about mental health:
THE UNFRAGILE MIND, Feb '26 @ProfileBooks
contacts & events @ www.gavinfrancis.com
Finishing a book about mental health:
THE UNFRAGILE MIND, Feb '26 @ProfileBooks
contacts & events @ www.gavinfrancis.com
Reposted by Dr Gavin Francis
GP and bestselling author @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social returns with a deeply human and compassionate re-evaluation of mental illness.
#TheUnfragileMind publishes February 2026, in partnership with @wellcomecollection.bsky.social ✨
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/TheUnfragileMind
#TheUnfragileMind publishes February 2026, in partnership with @wellcomecollection.bsky.social ✨
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/TheUnfragileMind
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
GP and bestselling author @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social returns with a deeply human and compassionate re-evaluation of mental illness.
#TheUnfragileMind publishes February 2026, in partnership with @wellcomecollection.bsky.social ✨
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/TheUnfragileMind
#TheUnfragileMind publishes February 2026, in partnership with @wellcomecollection.bsky.social ✨
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/TheUnfragileMind
Reposted by Dr Gavin Francis
“Healing is never a solo performance; it is much more like a duet.... The success of any technique depends more on ‘the patient’s sense of alliance with an actual or symbolic healer’ than on adherence to a particular therapeutic approach.” — @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social
Hope Management | Gavin Francis
Four hundred years ago Robert Burton concluded his majestic (and majestically unwieldy) treatise The Anatomy of Melancholy with a few words of distilled
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October 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“Healing is never a solo performance; it is much more like a duet.... The success of any technique depends more on ‘the patient’s sense of alliance with an actual or symbolic healer’ than on adherence to a particular therapeutic approach.” — @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Gavin Francis
“We know that expensive placebos work better than cheap ones, capsules work better than tablets…blues and greens work better as sedatives, while pinks and reds work better as stimulants and painkillers. (Unless you’re an Italian man.)” — @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social
What Do You Expect? | Gavin Francis
The surprising power of placebos demonstrates how the mind influences both the experience of ill health and the evolution of illness.
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June 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“We know that expensive placebos work better than cheap ones, capsules work better than tablets…blues and greens work better as sedatives, while pinks and reds work better as stimulants and painkillers. (Unless you’re an Italian man.)” — @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social