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MY JOURNEY THROUGH MADNESS
Hyperion
August 2007
On Sale: August 14, 2007
ISBN: 140130138X
EAN: 9781401301385
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and
psychiatrist and is the Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law,
Psychology, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the
University of Southern California Law School, yet she has
suffered from schizophrenia for most of her life, and still
has ongoing major episodes of the illness. The Center Cannot
Hold is the eloquent, moving story of Elyn's life, from the
first time that she heard voices speaking to her as a young
teenager, to attempted suicides in college, through learning
to live on her own as an adult in an often terrifying world.
Saks discusses frankly the paranoia, the inability to tell
imaginary fears from real ones, the voices in her head
telling her to kill herself (and to harm others); as well
the incredibly difficult obstacles she overcame to become a
highly respected professional. This beautifully written
memoir is destined to become a classic in its genre.
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