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.
Elyn SaksPlease hear this: There are not โschizophrenics,โ there are people with schizophrenia.
Elyn SaksSome people still hold [the] view that restraints help psychiatric patients feel safe. I've never met a psychiatric patient who agreed.
Elyn Saks