· six of the galvin boys took ill at a time when so little was understood about schizophrenia —and so many different theories were colliding with one another—that the search for an explanation overshadowed everything about their lives. · there is no greater testament to the truth of that observation than don and mimi galvin’s twelve children: · in “hidden valley road,” robert kolker unspools the story of mimi and don galvin and their 12 children, six of whom developed schizophrenia. Hidden valley road is a true story about the galvin family, an american family from colorado with twelve children, six of whom are diagnosed with schizophrenia. Six of their sons were diagnosed with schizophrenia , starting with their eldest son who was diagnosed in his late teens, by which time five of his brothers were also breaking down. · six of the couple’s 10 sons, born between 1945 and 1960, developed schizophrenia , experiencing delusions and hallucinations. · the heartrending story of a midcentury american family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia , that became sciences great hope in the quest to understand the disease. · as one of six brothers diagnosed with the mental disorder who gained the spotlight with the bestselling 2020 book “hidden valley road,” galvin’s answer is obviously wrong, as most viewers of the new discovery docuseries “ six schizophrenic brothers ” likely realized.
