#242 Elyn Saks on Schizophrenia & Mental Health Law

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Relationships, Sexuality, Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2015

⏱️ 124 minutes

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The USC professor of law, psychiatry and psychology (in addition to a PhD in Psychoanalysis) talks about her history of schizophrenia, her multiple hospitalizations and how she has learned to manage it. They also talk about mental health and the law. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 242 with my guest Ellen Sachs.
0:06.1	I'm Paul Gilmarton.
0:07.1	This is the Metal Illness Happy Hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our
0:11.1	heads, from medically diagnosed conditions past traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday
0:16.9	compulsive negative thinking.
0:18.9	This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.
0:22.1	I'm not a therapist.
0:23.1	This is not a doctor's office.
0:24.5	It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:27.1	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
0:30.4	Mentalpod is also the Twitter handle that you can follow me at.
0:34.2	Please go check out our website.
0:35.4	You can browse the forum.
0:38.2	You can read blogs and guest blogs.
0:41.1	You can support the show financially.
0:43.6	You can fill out surveys that we read on the show.
0:47.0	That helps us get to know you and it just might help somebody who's reading the surveys
0:53.0	to realize that their story is similar to yours and that they're not alone.
0:57.8	You might also read somebody's story and realize that you are not alone.
1:02.0	That's our goal here at doing the podcast is to remind you that you're not alone.
1:11.2	What I remind you, I've got two live dates coming up Saturday the 19th in L.A.
1:16.7	I'm going to be at podfest.
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