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Elyn R. Saks

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[Wikipedia] Elyn R. Saks is an American legal scholar who is an associate dean and Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California Gould Law School, an expert in mental health law, and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship winner. Saks

Quotes by Elyn R. Saks

“Or try this: Place yourself in the middle of the room. Turn on the stereo, the television, and a beeping video game,…

Children

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“Mental illness" is among the most stigmatized of categories.' People are ashamed of being mentally ill. They fear disclosing their condition to…

Bias

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“some truths that were too difficult and frightening to know.”

Amnesia

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“If you are walking on a path thick with brambles and rocks, a path that abruptly twists and turns, it's easy to…

Hard time

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“in my experience, the words “now just calm down” almost inevitably have the opposite effect on the person you are speaking to.”

Anxiety

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