About this Event
What you’ll do
Join Dr Gavin Francis, Micha Frazer-Carroll and Natasha Devon to discuss the social, medical and political nature of mental health.
We’ll explore the dynamic and adaptive nature of our minds and the importance of context, curiosity and care in understanding ourselves and others.
This event is inspired by ’The Unfragile Mind‘, a forthcoming book by Dr Gavin Francis that examines the chequered history of psychiatry and the nature of mental health.
There will be a Q&A, in-person and online, where you can ask a question or share a thought.
About your contributors
Gavin Francis
Speaker
Gavin Francis is a GP and the author of eleven books of non-fiction including ’Adventures in Human Being‘ (2015), ’Shapeshifters‘ (2018), ’Intensive Care‘ (2021), ’Recovery: the Lost Art of Convalescence‘ (2022) and ’Free For All‘ (2023) - a passionate defence of the principles of the NHS. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the Royal College of General Practitioners. His books have been translated into twenty languages. His latest book, ’The Unfragile Mind‘, examines mental health, arguing for greater curiosity, humility, kindness, and hope in approaches to psychiatric diagnosis.
Micha Frazer-Carroll
Speaker
Micha is a freelance journalist and author of ’Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health‘. She has worked for publications including the Guardian, gal-dem and the Independent. She has also done communications work for anti-racist, abolitionist and disability justice organisations including BLMUK, Healing Justice London and NEUROMANCERS, a peer support initiative for neurodivergent people.
Natasha Devon
Facilitator
Natasha Devon is a writer, broadcaster and campaigner. Since 2008, Natasha has visited schools and events throughout the world delivering talks and conducting research on mental health and related issues such as body image and gender equality. She is co-founder of Where’s Your Head At, a campaign to improve workplace mental health outcomes and founder of the Mental Health Media Charter, which scrutinises the way mental health is discussed and portrayed in the news. Natasha has a weekly show on LBC. She has been awarded an MBE for her services to young people and is a Fellow of the University of Wales: Aberystwyth. She has also been named one of the UK’s most influential queer women in both the DIVA and Pride power lists.
Michelle Wood
British Sign Language interpreter
Michelle has been a qualified British Sign Language Interpreter for over 20 years and has been working with the Wellcome Collection for the last 10 years. She loves being a small part of the team who ensure that the Deaf Community have full access to what, in her view, is one of the best places in London. NRCPD no: 1009790
Need to know
Location
We’ll be in the Henry Wellcome Auditorium. To get there, take the stairs or the lift down to level −1. The auditorium is fitted with a hearing loop.
Place not guaranteed
Booking a ticket for a free, in-person event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.
British Sign Language interpreted
This event will have British Sign Language interpretation.
Speech-to-text
This event will be live-transcribed. The captions will be displayed on a screen in-venue.
For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at [email protected] or call 020 7611 2222.
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Image credit: Dr Gavin Francis and Micha Frazer-Carroll. © Left photo: James Glossop for Wellcome Collection. Right photo: Edi McGurk.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
