Hidden Valley Road
inside the mind of an American family
Kolker, Robert
creator
author.
text
bibliography
biography
nyu
2020
First edition.
monographic
eng
xxi, 377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after the other, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family? What took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institutes of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother, to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amidst profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations. With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love and hope"--
Robert Kolker.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-360) and index.
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Galvin family
Schizophrenics
United States
Biography
Schizophrenia
Genetic aspects
Schizophrenia
Treatment
United States
History
Schizophrenics
Family relationships
United States
Mentally ill
Care
United States
History
RC514 .K648 2020
616.89/80092 B
Hidden valley road
Kolker, Robert.
New York : Doubleday, [2020]
First edition.
(DLC) 2019028467
9780385543767 :
038554376X :
2019028466
LBSOR/DLC
191128
20200530132737.0
2019028466
eng