Brain Story II: Lindsay – Hidden in Hidden Valley

Lindsay was the youngest of 12 children in the Galvin family. She had 10 older brothers and 1 sister. As her brothers hit their teens or 20s, six of them developed schizophrenia. The havoc this wreaked on the family was staggering. And at the time – the 1960s, 70s and 80s, treatments were limited, sometimes appalling. The Galvins would become one of the most studied families in mental health, and the insights gained would prove ground- breaking. It was all chronicled in a riveting best-seller entitled “Hidden Valley Road” -- now in the hands of Charlize Theron, and coming to film. But the family didn’t know one key aspect of the brain conditions – and its story has never been told – not even in the book. Until now.