Schizophrenia, a tale from the inside.

So, what is it like to have a psychotic episode? Elyn Saks is a she is a professor of law, psychology and psychiatry who speaks for the rights of mentally ill people, arguing for more autonomy and a restoration of basic human dignity in their care. In this TED talk, Elyn recounts her first episode of schizophrenia resulting in 5 months involuntary stay in a mental health ward. Reflections on her experience with physical restraints, her initial resistance to medication resulting in recurrent dips into psychosis, and finally her stabilisation, which she credits to three things: regular psychotherapy/psychoanalysis and good psychopharmacology. Strong family relationships and close friends. Relationships that “have given my life a meaning and a depth.” An enormously supportive workplace. Her message: There are not schizophrenics, there are people with schizophrenia.  
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