Henry's Demons : Living with Schizophrenia, a Father and Son's Story

from polarbear123

An interesting read this one, if not wholly satisfying. I found it hard to like Henry Cockburn contrary to all those that seem to meet him in the book. His hallucinations combined a lot with popular culture which to me makes him come across as a bit of an annoying attention seeker. Yes I know tha...

from Daftboy1

This is the true story narrated by Patrick and Henry Cockburn, Father and son, Henry has a mental illness and once he is sectioned he keeps trying to escape from the mental hospitals. Patrick is a War correspondent so isn't always home to look after him. This book tells the story from both Father...

from Daftboy1

This is the true story narrated by Patrick and Henry Cockburn, Father and son, Henry has a mental illness and once he is sectioned he keeps trying to escape from the mental hospitals. Patrick is a War correspondent so isn't always home to look after him. This book tells the story from both Father...

from claudiachernov

A short book, telling of schizophrenia from the patient's and from his father's points of view. The chapters written by the patient himself are eerie, and I'm glad I read them.

from veracruzlynn

As a parent of an adult daughter with autism and mental illness, and son with autism who died of schizophrenia at age 21, I ate this book up--page by page. First, the book illustrates something most books are too squeamish to approach: mental illness is not fought in a few months or a year or two...