The Adam Kay of mental healthcare, Dr Benji Waterhouse is a front-line NHS doctor specialising in psychiatry, as well as an award-winning stand-up comedian. In this episode, he opens the doors to the psychiatric ward and shares if you need to be “mad” to work there.  In part 1, Benji explains how humour makes difficult topics easier to talk about, why his own unhappy home life inspired his career in psychiatry and he discusses whether medication can fix mental illness.  Follow @doctor_benjis and get his book ‘You Don’t Have to be Mad to Work Here’ Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcast To improve your mental fitness, get Dr Alex’s book The Mind Manual Download Mettle: the mental fitness app for men Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.