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

“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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“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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