In ‘The Inherited Mind’, James Longman explores his father’s mental health battles
19 May 2025 – 05:00
UPDATED 19 May 2025 – 08:19
by Yvonne Fontyn
If you’ve had a close family member diagnosed with a serious physical or mental condition, you may be concerned that you will suffer the same condition, that you “have the gene”.
James Longman, chief international correspondent at TV channel ABC News, was so intent on finding out his own health “heritability” that he applied for access to his deceased father’s medical records and spoke to his old friends, doctors and National Health Service (NHS) caretakers…