By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 21:39 EST, 23 August 2012 | UPDATED: 22:01 EST, 25 August 2012 A heartbroken father whose daughter was diagnosed with schizophrenia after trying to jump out of a second-story window at age six has described his despair in a new book. In his memoirs 'January First,' Michael Schofield chronicles his family's experience with the devastating mental illness, which usually presents itself at least a decade later - between the ages of 18 and 22. The Santa Clarita, California, man and his wife, Susan, were forced to hospitalise their daughter, January, on multiple occasions, fearing for their and their baby son Bohdi's lives.
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January Schofield's behaviour was disturbing even as a baby
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Parents forced to hospitalise her on multiple occasions fearing for their lives
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Diagnosed after trying to choke herself and throw herself out of window
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Schizophrenia usually diagnosed between 18 and 22
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Dad, Michael Schofield, wrote memoirs of Jani's 'descent into madness'
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Now, 10, she lives on cocktail of medication
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