My mother was schizophrenic. I remember the bad days and very few memories of good days. If I had known mental illness was genetic, I would have thought twice before having my boys. My middle son,20 now, was diagnosed ADHD at age 5, bipolar at age 10, ocd and odd at age 12. He started hearing voices and believing people were after him when he was 14. I started asking his Pdoc to test for schizophrenia when he told me he was hearing people call his name when no one was home. No one would listen to me. He has been in and out of youth detention centers, jail, and most recently prison. He goes to see a Pdoc this Thursday. I told him to not hide anything, to be total honest with the doctor.