The Resource Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family, Robert Kolker
Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family, Robert Kolker
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The item Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family, Robert Kolker represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
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- Summary
- "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. There was a script for a family like the Galvins--hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they all tried to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, and 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 377 pages
- Note
- "Oprah's book club 2020"--Cover
- Isbn
- 9780385543767
- Label
- Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family
- Title
- Hidden Valley Road
- Title remainder
- inside the mind of an American family
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Kolker
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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. There was a script for a family like the Galvins--hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they all tried to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, and 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kolker, Robert
- Dewey number
- 616.89/80092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RC514
- LC item number
- .K648 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Galvin family
- Schizophrenics
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenics
- Mentally ill
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family, Robert Kolker
- Note
- "Oprah's book club 2020"--Cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-360) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 377 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385543767
- Lccn
- 2019028466
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1108219318
- 2386722
- Label
- Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family, Robert Kolker
- Note
- "Oprah's book club 2020"--Cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-360) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 377 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385543767
- Lccn
- 2019028466
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1108219318
- 2386722
Subject
- Galvin family
- Large type books
- Mentally ill -- Care -- United States -- History
- Schizophrenia -- Genetic aspects
- Schizophrenia -- Treatment -- United States -- History
- Schizophrenics -- Family relationships -- United States
- Biographies
- Schizophrenics -- United States -- Biography
- Electronic books
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