Patch Adams

: None | Death of Father 1961 (Dad died at 52) | Mental Health : None | Anxiety attack 1963 (Mom put him in mental hospital) | Death : None | Suicide Attempt 1963 (First of several) | Relationship : None | Meet a significant person 1971 (Met Linda Edquist) | Work : None | Begin Major Project 1973 (Gesindheit Institute founded) | Relationship : None | Marriage 1975 (Linda Edquist) | : None | Death of Mother 1989 (Mom died) | Work : None | Prize 1994 (Creative Altruism Award by the Institue of Noetic Sciences) | Relationship : None | Divorce dates October 1998 (Linda Edquist filed for divorce) | Social : None | Great Publicity December 1998 (Autobiographical movie released) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 17 June 2001 (Mooned a university crowd) | Traits : Personality | Attention seeking | Traits : Personality | Eccentric | Traits : Personality | Humorous, Witty | Traits : Personality | Idealist | Traits : Personality | Unique | Diagnoses : Psychological | Anxiety Disorder (Mental patient in youth) | Family : Relationship | Marriage more than 15 Yrs (23 years, divorce) | Family : Relationship | Number of Marriages (One, 23 years, divorce) | Family : Parenting | Kids 1-3 (Two sons) | Lifestyle : Work | Travel for work (Fundraising tours) | Lifestyle : Financial | Philanthropist (Noted for no fees, no malpractictice insurance) | Lifestyle : Home | Many moves (Many moves and travels) | Personal : Death | Suicide Attempt (Several at 18) | Vocation : Education | Public speaker (Lecturer) | Vocation : Medical | Physician (Country doctor) | Vocation : Military | Pacifist/ Objector | Vocation : Writers | Fiction (Two books) | Vocation : Writers | Magazine/ newsletter (Newsletter "Achoo") | Notable : Awards | Vocational award (Creative Altruism Award by the Institute of Noetic Sciences) | Notable : Famous | Founder/ originator (Gesundheit Institute)