In The Inherited Mind, James Longman has written a book about his experiences with mental illness and how we can better understand ways to deal with it. He is an ABC News correspondent in London. He begins the book by sharing how when he was 9 years old, he was summoned by his headmaster when he was playing with one of his friends. He was told that there was an accident and there was nothing they could do to save him. His father had been killed in a fire. He didn’t know until he got older that his father was diagnosed with schizophrenia and a few other disorders. His parents had been separated since he was three. Later she told him that because of this she was afraid to leave him alone with him. When he was a kid, he believed that his father was a hero. He didn’t discover the real story of what happened to his dad until he was twenty-six and he was researching it for a news story. His father had experienced hallucinations and neighbors that were interviewed described how he was hearing voices. It was later confirmed that there was in fact a fire but that he jumped out the window. He explained how he was able to track down some of the assessment notes from psychiatrists that tried to help his day. They believed that he was suicidal and readers can actually read some of these throughout the book. He enclosed some credible sources on what the disorders are and how others have found help.
I would recommend this book to anyone battle mental illness and they are feeling alone and depressed. This book has the potential to touch lives. I liked how in the book he revealed his own bouts with depressions and how some of this was linked to his sexuality. He wasn’t afraid to share details of his story. Readers will get to connect with his story along the way and get a glimpse into his family history with mental illness. I enjoyed how he reached out to different people in their respectable fields to gain and share the knowledge they have discovered. He touched on genetic traits, environmental factors, and is everything inherited, and the solution. This book is very eye opening and excellent resource for mental illness.
“I received this book free from the publisher the for my honest review.”
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