Extended Summary - Hidden Valley Road: Based On The Book By Robert Kolker

EXTENDED SUMMARY

HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD

BASED ON THE BOOK BY ROBERT KOLKER

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CONTENT

The Dawn of a Large Family in Post-War America

Growing Family, Growing Peculiarities

Life on Hidden Valley Road: Hopes and Harsh Realities

Encounters with Psychiatry: A Century of Mystery

Strain and Shifting Family Dynamics

The Dawning of Genetic Inquiry

Years of Struggle and Evolving Perspectives

The Genomic Revolution and the Elusive Gene

Remembrance and the Search for Meaning

General Analysis

ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker tells the compelling story of the Galvin family, a seemingly ordinary American family in Colorado Springs who experience an extraordinary and devastating phenomenon: several of their twelve children are diagnosed with schizophrenia. The book intimately portrays the family's struggles, resilience, and the evolving understanding of mental illness over decades. It weaves together their personal narrative with the broader history of schizophrenia research, exploring the complex interplay of genetics and environment in the development of this enigmatic condition.

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