The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness (Paperback)

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.
The title is a line from "The Second Coming," a poem by William Butler Yeats, which is alluded to in the book.

General

Imprint:	Hyperion
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	August 2008
Authors:	Elyn R. Saks
Dimensions:	198 x 130 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	340
ISBN-13:	978-1-4013-0944-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General
LSN:	1-4013-0944-5
Barcode:	9781401309442

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