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 enlarge | Author: Elyn R. Saks
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 4878
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 140130138X
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8980092
EAN: 9781401301385
ASIN: 140130138X
Publication Date: August 14, 2007
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 A fascinating look at the schizophrenics among us June 13, 2008
Ms. Saks uses poignant analogies and metaphors to really drive home what it feels like to be mentally ill. She is obviously a tireless advocate for those among us who are unable to represent themselves, or defend themselves in some cases. It was scary, but identifiable in a way. She did come off as a bit self-centered and childish in some instances, like when she would describe how she would run home and hide and cry and have a psychotic break if a professor or colleague didn't do back flips over how great her work was. But overall it was a good read.
 The Center Cannot Hold May 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent book! Gives a better understanding of what goes on in the mind of a schizophrenic; thus helping others be more compassionate and less judgmental.
Good personal account of schizophrenia May 12, 2008
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This was a great story of one womans struggle with coming to terms with mental illness and trying to maintain her life. It was both encouraging that she was able to finally overcome the illness to create a successful career and personal life, and at the same time discouraging that it took her over 15 years of struggle and denial to do so.
An emotionally moving and inspirational book May 2, 2008
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I was so moved by Dr. Saks story, I couldn't put this book down. She is so brave to write her life's story and risk so much. Despite all her challenges, she is extremely accomplished as well as hopeful, courageous, honest, resilient, sensitive and generous. She exposes the mental health system in this country and compares it to England's. Every word in the book is meaningful. Dr Saks tells the story in a clear, precise, and simple to understand way. I found Elyn an inspirational role model. I have recommended this book to many relatives and friends. I even bought it as a gift for close relatives. I hope one day to meet her.
Simply an astonishing book April 28, 2008
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It is impossible to overpraise this book, which is the only book I know of that takes you deep into the torments of the schizophrenic mind. What's astonishing about it is simply that Elyn Saks wrote it...and wrote it so engagingly and compelling. It staggers the imagination that she has achieved what she has given the colossal difficulties presented by her illness. There have been lots of books, as Saks points out near the end of hers, about mental illness, especially by mentally ill patients, but most of these have been by depressives and bipolar patients. These are mood disorders, but schizophrenia, as she so powerfully shows us, is a thought disorder which impairs the cognitive abilities of the brain and which substitutes a delusional world for the "reality" most of us experience. Damn I hope more and more people read this so that we might better understand the dark recesses of madness that threaten to engulf those afflicted with this terrible illness. This book is one for the ages. It belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in the capabilities of the human mind.
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