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When Michael Laudor’s schizophrenia spiralled out of control in 1998, it made headline news in America. Jonathan Rosen remembers earlier, happier days with his friend

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  • The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

    Jonathan Rosen

    Allen Lane, pp. 546, £30

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Leyla Sanai
Dr Leyla Sanai is a Persian-British writer and retired doctor who worked as a physician, intensivist, and consultant anaesthetist before developing severe scleroderma and antiphospholipid syndrome

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