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The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
Written by Elyn R. Saks
Narrated by Alma Cuervo
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness. In The Center Cannot Hold, Saks draws readers into a nightmare world of medications, a misguided health care system, and social stigmas. But she would not be defeated. With a strength and force of will that most can only imagine, Saks reclaimed her life and went on to achieve great success. "In this engrossing memoir, Saks ... demonstrates a novelist's skill of creating character, dialogue and suspense."-Publishers Weekly, starred review
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fantastic. Im a psychiatry resident. Every person working in mental health should read/listen to this book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5After reading this book, I have more confidence and faith in my ability to be empathetic for people with mental illnesses.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The honesty and clarity and courage, she writes with. There is no sugar coating her journey. It gives hope but also shows how much is needed to change in understanding serious mental illnesses. She is a true hero.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Incredible book about an extraordinary woman's journey through schizophrenia and the mental health system.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Honest, interesting, compassionate, heart wrenching, intelligent. One of the best mental illness memoirs I’ve read.