Q&A with mental health expert: ‘My mind is my best friend and worst enemy’

Elyn Saks is a renowned expert in mental health policy and law whose list of accomplishments is as long as it is impressive. She graduated from Yale Law School; directs the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics at the USC Gould School of Law; and is the recipient of numerous honors, including the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (the so-called “Genius Grant”).