Michael J Gitlin

At 8:43 a.m. March 28, 1991, two UCLA campus police officers responding to an emergency call found a burly young man lying face down outside of Boelter Hall. He had jumped from the roof of the nine-story classroom building; at 9:23 he was pronounced dead at UCLA Medical Center. His name was Tony Lamadrid. A coroner's report included this notation: "This 23-year-old male with a history of depression and schizophrenia was being treated for same at UCLA Medical Center Psychiatric Department . . .

At 8:43 a.m. March 28, 1991, two UCLA campus police officers responding to an emergency call found a burly young man lying face down outside of Boelter Hall. He had jumped from the roof of the nine-story classroom building; at 9:23 he was pronounced dead at UCLA Medical Center. His name was Tony Lamadrid. A coroner's report included this notation: "This 23-year-old male with a history of depression and schizophrenia was being treated for same at UCLA Medical Center Psychiatric Department . . .

Mike Tyson, manic-depressive? The heavyweight champion? Mental-illness sufferer? There's no consensus on that yet. The Eastern doctors who have seen him disagree. But Tyson wouldn't be the first warrior with such a handicap. A Los Angeles psychologist said the other day that among many others, Winston Churchill, Great Britain's World War II leader, was a diagnosed manic-depressive.

Mike Tyson, manic-depressive? The heavyweight champion? Mental-illness sufferer? There's no consensus on that yet. The Eastern doctors who have seen him disagree. But Tyson wouldn't be the first warrior with such a handicap. A Los Angeles psychologist said the other day that among many others, Winston Churchill, Great Britain's World War II leader, was a diagnosed manic-depressive.

Mark Richard Hilbun, accused of killing two people and injuring three others, has been diagnosed as a manic-depressive. However, it is unclear if his condition contributed to the series of assaults he allegedly committed. Psychiatrists say the illness is fairly common and highly treatable. In fact, many famous people from poet Robert Lowell to Sir Winston Churchill are believed to have suffered from the disorder. The Times asked Dr. Michael J.