Mental Health: Policies, Laws and Attitudes is an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Elyn Saks, Orrin B. Evans Distinguished Professor of Law, and Professor of Law, Psychology and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at USC.
Elyn Saks candidly shares her personal experiences with schizophrenia and discusses the legal and ethical implications surrounding mental health. Further topics include psychotropic medication and the law, criminalization and mental illness, and an exploration of which countries are more progressive with respect to important mental health policies, laws and procedures.
This conversation will be released in a carefully-edited video format. Available now is an enhanced book developed from the conversation, while Elyn Saks is also featured in a short documentary – all details are below.
Available in electronic format on all major booksellers, including:
Mental Health: Policies, Laws and Attitudes is also part of the five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection, Conversations About Law, which is available in hardcover, paperback and electronic format.
Elyn Saks is featured in a short documentary together with several other renowned researchers.
