Dr Alastair Santhouse

Caroline Crampton is joined by Dr Alastair Santhouse, a consultant psychiatrist and author, to talk about how health anxiety feeds into the evolving understanding of the connection between mind and body. To find out more about Alastair and his work, visit his website alastairsanthouse.com and buy/borrow his most recent book Head First: A Psychiatrist's Stories of Mind and Body. Also, please take a look at Caroline's non-audio interview with Dr Frances Ryan — Guardian columnist and author of Crippled: Austerity and the Demonisation of Disabled People. Over a few days, they had an email conversation about how disability and chronic illness interact with health anxiety, as well as what needs to be better understood about these issues, and it's now available to read at carolinecrampton.com/francesryan. Caroline's new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is available to order now. The audiobook, read by Caroline, is also available. Find out more information at her website, carolinecrampton.com, or by following her on Instagram @cacrampton. Links to Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices