Outside the Asylum

Download or read book Outside the Asylum written by Lynne Jones and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2017-06-08 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A profound memoir' Daily Telegraph 'As revealing as the writing of Oliver Sacks' Mark Cousins Outside the Asylum is Lynne Jones's personal and highly acclaimed exploration of humanitarian psychiatry and the changing world of international relief. Her memoir graphically describes her experiences in war zones and disasters around the world, from the Balkans and 'mission-accomplished' Iraq, to tsunami-affected Indonesia, post-earthquake Haiti and 'the Jungle' in Calais.