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James Longman: ‘Your genetics do not have to be a prison.’

By Julia Puckette, CNN

Published 2:45 PM EDT, Mon June 2, 2025

James Longman: "Your genetics do not have to be a prison."

Journalist James Longman investigates the tragic legacy of mental illness in his family – from his father's schizophrenia to his mother's clinical depression to his own bouts of depression – in this deeply personal memoir, 'The Inherited Mind.'

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