Elyn R Saks - Acceptance
On Friday, May 8, 2009 Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
held the13th annual
Erasing the Stigma Leadership Awards - www.erasingthestigma.org
to help dispel myths and prejudices and honor advocates who have advanced our understanding of mental illness. The focus was on schizophrenia. Joe Pantoliano introduces Elyn R. Saks - advocate, professor and author of the book "The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness"
She is probably jam packed full of anti-psychotics. NAMI drug pusher. Psychiatric disability is caused by medication. Read the book "Anatomy of An Epidemic" by Robert Whitaker.
multiversedancer 1 year ago
I am the mother of a bipolar child and am reading "The Center Cannot Hold' right now. You are so moving and frequently bring me to tears. Reading about all you have accomplished gives me tremendous hope. That was an amazing speech. Thank you.
djsilbs42 1 year ago
She is so amazing! Thank you!
elsasmama 1 year ago