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Originally Posted by sharksfan2000
And although Danny Kirwan and his mental health issues have been written about so many times that it's now regarded as fact, has he ever actually been diagnosed with any "mental illness" (unless you include alcoholism in those terms)? Perhaps so, but I don't believe I've ever seen anything but vague references to the decline of his mental health in the years after he left the band. No doubt he's had a difficult time, but it would be useful for writers not to repeat the same easy generalizations when we don't really know where the truth lies.
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Making a diagnosis public is generally frowned upon. The fact he's been in a shelter for years and years says a lot. Peter Green admits he has schizophrenia, and I think it's safe to say he's in a better place than Danny, which says a lot about Danny's mental health.