“Some people still hold [the] view that restraints help psychiatric patients feel safe. I've never met a psychiatric patient who agreed.” PeopleFeelsStillsHelpingInspirationMotivationViewsMetsSafePatientRestraintPsychiatric Author:Elyn Saks
“Portray [people with mental illness] sympathetically, and portray them in all the richness and depth of their experience as people, and not as diagnoses.” PeopleInspirationMotivationDepthIllnessMental IllnessHealthcareRichnessDiagnosis Author:Elyn Saks
“We must stop criminalizing mental illness. It's a national tragedy and scandal that the L.A. County Jail is the biggest psychiatric facility in the United States.” StatesInspirationMotivationUnitedUnited StatesTragedyIllnessMental IllnessJailHealthcareScandalFacilityCountyPsychiatric Author:Elyn Saks