Mental Illness
At some point, Robin Farquharson came to diagnose himself as suffering from several mental illnesses including bipolar disorder (manic depression) and cyclothymia.
Robin's condition caused him to frequently be absent from his university studies,starting November 1955 to March 1957. (He was further absent from his studies after the death of his father)
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