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This documentary series about mental illness, schizophrenia, is a slow burn. It catches speed with each successive episode. Whether any mental illness is more genetic, environmental, or a combination differs on what person you ask. The origins hold some importance but little when it comes to finding solutions and ways to live with it as a functioning person. All mental illness isn’t the same and unfortunately the Galvin family was affected by one that has more severe consequences than others. The Galvin parents found out six boys out of the twelve children had clear schizophrenic diagnoses where their other children experienced negative interactions with these siblings that affected them for life.

The only female siblings that did not have any hint of schizophrenia were Margaret and Lindsay. There were four brothers not affected by schizophrenia: Mark, Richard, Michael, John. Their mother Mimi and father Donald often hid information that should have been shared with everyone regarding their brothers. It’s clear they did it to protect their image and family because at this time there wasn’t much to know about schizophrenia. The first episode focuses on the oldest Donald Jr. born in 1945 and how he suffered one of the most severe cases of schizophrenia compared to his other five brothers: Joseph, James, Brian, Peter, and Matthew during the late 1960s and early 1980s. The two brothers affected by schizophrenia still alive are Matthew and Donald Jr along with Mark, John, Margaret, and Mary. What is clear is one out of 100 people deal with psychosis according to the WHO and environmental causes are not to blame for schizophrenic tendencies.

I rate Six Schizophrenic Brothers 90% at FOUR FINGERS.