Elyn Saks - Living with Schizophrenia

Elyn Saks is the author of the bestselling memoir "The Center Cannot Hold", about her experience as an academic living with schizophrenia.  She is currently Associate Dean and Professor at USC Gould School of Law, has won a MacArthur Genius Grant, and has her own Ted Talk about mental illness.  In this episode I talked to Elyn about her life, her work, and the stigma surrounding mental health.  If you want to know more about her, watch her Ted Talk here:https://www.ted.com/talks/elyn_saks_seeing_mental_illness or read her excellent book.