User:Morgankevinj/Elyn Saks
Elyn Saks is Associate Dean and Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California Gould Law School and an expert in mental health law.[1][2]
She suffers from a mental illness called schizophrenia and has written about her experience with the illness in a book about her self called, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness published by Hyperion Books, 2007. [3] Dr. Saks is in training as a psychoanalyst, A type of therapist that treats mental illness in Southern California.
Awards[change | change source]
Works[change | change source]
- The Center Cannot Hold:, ISBN 9781401301385
- Refusing Care: Forced Treatment and the Rights of the Mentally Ill, ISBN 9780226733975
- Interpreting Interpretation: The Limits of Hermeneutic Psychoanalysis, ISBN 9780300076035
- Jekyll on Trial: Multiple Personality Disorder and Criminal Law, ISBN 9780814797648
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Elyn Saks". Weblaw.usc.edu. 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ↑ "Elyn Saks, Southern California Law Professor, Wins MacArthur Genius Grant". The Faculty Lounge. 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ↑ "Schizophrenia Daily News Blog: Interviews with Elyn Saks, author of "The Center Cannot Hold,"". Schizophrenia.com. 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ↑ "Elyn Saks - MacArthur Foundation". Macfound.org. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ↑ Grohol, John M (2009-09-22). "Elyn Saks Receives MacArthur Genius Grant | World of Psychology". Psychcentral.com. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
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