Henrys Demons

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On a cold February day two months after his 20th birthday, Henry waded into the lethally cold Newhaven estuary & almost drowned. The trees, he said, had told him to do it. In Afghanistan, Patrick learned that Henry had been admitted to a hospital mental ward. Ten days later he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. With remarkable candour, Patrick writes of the seven years Henry has since spent almost entirely in mental hospitals. Schizophrenics are at high risk for suicide, & his parents live in constant fear for Henry's life. The book also

Includes:: Henry's own account of his experiences. In these raw & eerily beautiful chapters he tells of his visions & voices, the sense that he has discovered something magical & profound. Together, Patrick & Henry's stories create one of the most nuanced & revealing portraits of mental illness ever written, & a stirring memoir of family, parenthood, & courage.