Talk:Mark Vonnegut

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Marijuana and schizophrenia
added a note about marijuana contributing to his schizophrenia as described in his book. it is important anecdotal evidence that those predisposed to schizophrenia should be careful with marijuana. personally, fwiw, i am for decriminalization, but i have also seen this schizophrenia effect of marijuana first-hand. marijuana is not always a "good" thing, just as schizophrenia is not always a "bad" thing. but most schizophrenics would rather not aggravate their symptoms.

Though perhaps not a well organized or well developed entry, this entry's odd assortment of facts are fittingly Vonnegutian.

Comment from Father at a lecture
I went to a lecture by Kurt Vonnegut, who said that he was not proud of his son for getting over his illness, because his son had done nothing to overcome it. This lecture was in 1986 or so, and is a very strong memory for me. The lecture was at Florida State University. I would like to include this comment, but I'm not sure how, or whether it's appropriate. Hires an editor 21:40, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Wow! Too bad Kurt or even you could have asked or stated WHAT his son should have done to overcome his illness. Such an answer would win Nobel Prizes if correct. This adds to the idea that Kurt was not a great person to have as a father and Mark did not have an easy time with such a parent.

Hollywood Psychiatric Hospital in Vancouver?
Does this even exist? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Craigboy (talk • contribs) 02:10, 30 April 2007 (UTC).

I'm from Vancouver and I hadn't heard of it but apparently it at least did exist in New Westminster (a Vancouver suburb) CraigMacinnis (talk) 21:33, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * If it was in New Westminster it probably was at the Woodlands (New Westminster) grounds where the old psychiatric hospital was recently torn down. Woodlands was also used as a filming location for many Hollywood movies, including the underground tunnels, home of Pennywise the clown in It (1990 film). -- OlEnglish (Talk) 18:09, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Dr. Vonnegut does not currently attribute his recovery to megavitamin therapy. Although this was tried, orthomolecular psychiatric treatment has been debunked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.196.6.202 (talk) 22:04, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

OK, I just checked Just Like Someone..., and he says (p.37) that he was in "Hollywood Hospital" in Vancouver. That's all we need. No need to guess based on memory. His book is fine for this. --Middle 8 (talk) 06:57, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

I've never heard of this hospital. Woodlands yes, and Hollyburn Lodge (a senior's facility) are the closest I can think of. I'm also in Vancouver, and living with a mental illness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.189.246.141 (talk) 00:56, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

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