Living With Schizophrenia

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Schizophrenia is often associated with a life of isolation and torment. But Elyn R. Saks has achieved a full life as both a professor of psychiatry and a chronic paranoid schizophrenic. In her memoir, The Center Cannot Hold, she describes living with schizophrenia.

The Center Cannot Hold is available for purchase at amazon.com

Weigh in: Are you, or do you know, a person living with schizophrenia who has learned to manage the disease and live a full life?

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