A lethal inheritance
Subtitle: a mother uncovers the science behind three generations of mental illness
By: by Victoria Costello
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781616144661
Subjects: Schizophrenia; Popular works; Parents of mentally ill children
Description: In this riveting story--part memoir, detective story, and scientific investigation--in the tradition of the story of Henrietta Lacks, Costello recounts how the mental unraveling of her seventeen-year-old son Alex compelled her to look back into family history for clues to his condition. Eventually she tied Alex's descent into hallucinations and months of shoeless wandering on the streets of Los Angeles to his great grandfather's suicide on a New York City railroad track in 1913. -- Amazon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.